Travel to Tottori prefecture 1: Grand Mt. Daisen

鳥取旅行　１：　大山の雄姿

＊１

I went around a mountain, seashore and a hot spring of Tottori prefecture by car at May 21 and 22.

The main sightseeing spot is Mt. Daisen, Misasa-Onsen (hot spring), Sanbutsu-ji (temple), Tottori Port, Uradome Coast.

Today, I introduce grand Mt. Daisen.

私は５月２１、２２日に鳥取県の山と海岸、温泉を車で巡りました。

主な観光地は、大山、三朝温泉、三徳山三佛寺、鳥取港、浦富海岸です。

今日は、大山の雄姿を紹介します。

＜　2.  map of Mt. Daisen, the upper side of this map is north side　＞

＜　２．　大山の地図、上部が北方向　＞

The alphabet of these photos shows the shooting location on this map.

写真のアルファベットはこの地図の撮影地点を示している。　

About Mt. Daisen

Mt. Daisen is a volcanic mountain located in Tottori Prefecture, Japan.

This mountain has an elevation of 1,729 meters, and the highest in the Chūgoku region. 

The central part was blown off by an eruption that happened tens of thousands of years before, and an approximately 1 km of ridgeline of C type continues.

The width of the ridgeline is only 20-30 centimeters, and the left and right of the ridgeline are several hundred meters of steep cliff, and traversing is prohibited.

The foot of the mountain is about 35km in a north and south direction, and the snowcapped aspect from the west is compared to Mount Fuji.

This has been the subject of mountain worship from ancient times. 

Today, this area attracts widespread popularity as a national park, leisure on the plateaus, ski, and mountain climbing.

大山について

大山は中国地方の最高峰（１７２９ｍ）で、独立峰の火山です。

数万年前の噴火で中央部が吹き飛び、C型の稜線が１ｋｍ程続いている。

その稜線の巾は数十㎝しかなく、左右は数百ｍの絶壁で絶えず崩落しており、縦走は禁止されている。

山の裾野は南北３５ｋｍあり、雪を被った西側からの姿は富士山に例えられる。

ここは古くから山岳信仰、現在は国立公園として高原のレジャー、登山、スキーで親しまれている。

今から約４０年前、私はここに登山やスキーに幾たびか来ました。

稜線を怖々歩いたことが懐かしい。

その後、家族を連れて、蒜山高原には幾たびもドライブで訪れました。

ここは懐かしく、好きな山です。

＜　3.  views from south side　＞

＜　３．　南側からの雄姿　＞

A:  a view from Syouou S.A. of Chūgoku Expressway.

B:  a view from Kimendai (viewing platform) of Daisen Parkway.

D:  in the middle of Daisen Parkway.

A：　中国自動車道の勝央SAからの眺め。

B：　大山蒜山パークウェイの鬼女台（展望台）からの眺め。

D：　大山蒜山パークウェイより。

＜　4. a view from Kagikake-Touge (viewing platform)　＞

＜　４．　鍵掛峠（展望台）からの眺め　＞

＜　5.  a view from Moto-Dani in the north side of Mt. Daisen　＞

＜　５．　大山北側の元谷から　＞

I rose to Moto-Dani by walking for about 30 minutes from Daisen-Ji.

元谷へは大山寺側から徒歩で３０分ほど昇って行きます。

＜　6.  views from the north side and the west side　＞

＜　６．　西側と北側からの眺め　＞

G:  a view from Masumizu-Kougen. A view from this west side is called Hoki-Fuji.

H, I:  in the middle of till Daisen I.C. of Daisen Parkway.

G：　桝水高原からの眺め。この西側からの眺めが伯耆富士と呼ばれます。

H、I：　大山寺から大山IC間の道路から振り返った眺め。

Afterword

As the altitude of the moving route became high, it became cool, and I could enjoy comfortable drive.

Blessed with splendid weather, the colors of fresh green and flowers were just gorgeous.

On the next time, I introduce other nature and scenery of Mt. Daisen.　

あとがき

標高が高くなるにつれ涼しくなり快適なドライブを楽しめました。

すばらしい快晴に恵まれ、新緑と花々が目に鮮やかでした。

次回は、他の大山の自然と風景を紹介します。

　

I went to Wakanoura for seeing autumnal leaves and eating seafood.

紅葉と海の幸を求めて和歌浦に行きました。

＜ 1. 　autumnal leaves in Kimiidera( temple)　＞

＜ 1. 　紀三井寺の紅葉　＞

We went to Wakayama October 24, 25.

My wife planned this trip for her mother, but, as for me, a dinner and a hot spring were the biggest pleasure.

On the first day, we looked at Kimiidera(temple), Tamatsujima Shrine, Kishu-Toshogu( Shrine) and stayed at a hotel of Saikazaki.

On the next day, we went to Kuroe town of lacquerware, Kuroshio market of seafood, Yuasa town of soy sauce and mandarin orange

It was fine on the first day, but it was clouded from the evening, and it was rainy from the start of the next day.

10月24日、25日、和歌山に行きました。

この旅行は、妻が母の為に企画したのですが、私は夕食と温泉が最大の楽しみでした。

初日は、紀三井寺、玉津島神社、紀州東照宮を見て、雑賀崎の宿に泊まりました。

次の日は、漆器の町黒江、海の幸の黒潮市場、みかんと醤油の町湯浅に行きました。

初日は、晴れだったのですが夕方から曇り初め、次の日は雨でした。

＜　2.  Kimiidera( temple)　＞

＜　２．　紀三井寺　＞

This temple worships Kannon Bodhisattva.

We can look over Wakanoura bay from the precinct that we have climbed to on the stone stairway till the last.

The right hand of the central photo is Saikazaki cape that we have booked to stay overnight.

The autumnal leaves seem to have been overblown.

観音様を祀っています。

石段を登り詰めた境内からは和歌浦湾が一望出来ます。

中央の写真の右手が宿泊予定の雑賀崎です。

紅葉は盛りを過ぎたようです。

＜　3.  main approach of Kishu-Toshogu( Shrine)　＞

＜　３．　紀州東照宮の参道　＞

＜　4.  a view of Saikazaki fishing port from my hotel　＞

＜　４．　宿から見た雑賀崎漁港　＞

＜　5.  from an observation deck near Takadushi-yama mountain　＞

＜　５．　高津子山の手前にある展望台から　＞

＜　6.  the sights of Saigasaki cape　＞

＜　６．　雑賀崎の見所　＞

Upper fig.:  a view of the rainy fishing port in the morning from my hotel.

Lower fig.:  autumnal leaves of Takadushi-yama mountain　

上の図：　宿から見た雨に煙る朝の漁港。

下の図：　高津子山の紅葉。

＜　7.  my hotel “ ISARIBI-NO-YADO Seaside KANCHO”　＞

＜　７．　宿「漁り火の宿　シーサイド観潮」　＞

About this hotel

Good point of the hotel is that we can thoroughly enjoy a nice view of the setting sun and the fishing port from a room and a hot spring, the dining room.

Furthermore, the dinner and breakfast were splendid.

Our room was old and inconvenient, but we were satisfied with all the others.

This neighborhood is slightly desolate in an old hot-spring hotel street.

It is surprising that there was such a good place in Wakayama city.

The photo of the hot spring was borrowed from HP of the hotel.

http://www.kancho.co.jp/

宿について

この宿の良さは、部屋や温泉、食堂から夕陽や漁港の眺めをたんのう出来ることです。

さらに海の幸の料理、夕食と朝食共に素晴らしかった。

部屋が古く不便なのですが、他はすべて満足出来ました。

この辺りは古い温泉旅館街で、少し寂しい。

和歌山市内にこのような良い所があるとは驚きでした。

温泉の写真は宿のHPから借用。

詳しくはhttp://www.kancho.co.jp/

Introduction of the dinner

The dinner was ingenious seasoning, good setout, and considerate service. 

We were able to enjoy the cooking deliciously.

夕食の紹介

非常に行き届いた料理と盛り付け、配膳でした。

料理は素材を生かしながら、工夫が随所に見られ、美味しく楽しめました。

＜　8.  Dinner 1　＞

Dish 1:  Hors d’oeuvre.

Dish 2:  Sashimi.

Dish 3:  Fried skin of a hairtail.

Dish 4,5:  Shabushabu of yellowtail (blanching).

I forgot to take a picture of a homemade tofu and a tempura.

料理１：　先付；小さいながらどれも味わい深かった。

料理２：　お造り盛り合。

料理３：　太刀魚の皮の唐揚げ。

料理４，５：　ブリのしゃぶしゃぶ。

手作り豆腐と天ぷらの写真を取り忘れました。

　

＜　9.  Dinner 2　＞

Dish 6:  Grilled turban shell; a specialty dish in this hotel.

Dish 7:  Stewed taro with starchy sauce.

Dish 9:  A clear soup of freshwater clam, and boiled rice with sauce of grouper.

Dish 10:  Dessert; a black ice cream.

Japanese dish was the best.

And the outdoor bath overlooking the cape was the best, too.

Yuasa town of manufacture of soy sauce was also good as old town and it smelled good.

From the next time, I return to “ Traveling to Spain and Portugal.”

料理６：　サザエの壺焼き；この宿の名物料理「鷹の巣焼き」、美味しい。

料理７：　海老芋のあんかけ。

料理９：　しじみのすまし汁とクエの利休飯（魚クエの汁かけご飯）

料理１０：　デザート；備長炭のアイスクリームだが見た目と違い、味は良い。

今回の食事はすべて海の幸にしたのですが、やはり日本料理は最高でした。

岬を見下ろす露天風呂も最高でした。

醤油の香りがする湯浅の醤油醸造の家並みも良かった。

次回から、スペインとポルトガルの旅行に戻ります。

Hot spring in Nagano Prefecture: “Yukawa hot spring, kappa's hot spring” “湯川温泉、河童の湯”

 

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I introduce you to a hot spring of Chino-shi, Nagano.

We took a morning bath in an unexpected turn of events.

I enjoyed a feeling of relaxation by it.

長野県茅野市の温泉を一つ紹介します。

ひょんなことから朝風呂に入りました。

ほっとした一時でした。

＜　2.  the bathtub of " kappa's hot spring",  open-air bath is its outside　＞

The reason that I entered this hot spring

In order that we see a grandchild’s recital, we were scheduled to go to Nagano prefecture.

However, we had to cross Akashi strait Bridge hastily by night because typhoon 11 had approached.

And we drove all night, taking a nap in some service areas, and reached Lake Suwa service area early in the morning.

In this neighborhood, a hot spring that we can take a bath early from 7:00 a.m. was only “kappa's hot spring”.

It is the place of around 25 minutes by car from Lake Suwa service area.

I intended to be the earliest visitor, but several persons had already taken a bath.

The structure of the hot spring was new, and it was clean.

While I had been taking the open-air bath along with getting sunlight of the morning and breathing mountain air, my fatigue seemed to melt.

温泉に入ったいきさつ

私ら夫婦は孫の発表会を見るために長野県に行く予定でした。

しかし台風11号が迫って来たので、急いで明石海峡大橋を夜までに渡らなければならなくなりました。

そしてサービスエリアで仮眠を取りながら夜通し走り、朝早く諏訪湖SAに到着しました。

この辺りで、一番早く朝７時から入れるのが、この「河童の湯」でした。

諏訪湖SAから車で２５分ぐらいの所です。

一番早く入ったつもりでしたが、既に数人が入浴していました。

温泉の造りは新しく、清潔感がありました。

朝の陽光を浴び、山間の空気を吸いながら露天風呂に入っていると疲れが溶けていくようでした。

＜　3.  Lake Shirakaba ＞

About kappa's hot spring

Because it was rainy all morning in that day because of a typhoon, I took photographs on the next day.

This hot spring is halfway through a road leading to Lake Shirakaba and is in Yukawa village leaving a traditional feature in foot of a mountain.

河童の湯について

台風の為、この日の午前中は雨だったので、写真は次の日に撮りました。

この温泉は白樺湖に行く途中にあり、昔ながらの面影を残す山裾の村（湯川区）の中にあります。

＜　4. There is " kappa's hot spring" in the small forest among the village of the photograph center.　＞

＜　5.  Kappa's hot spring, river Yukawa flowing along it, the Shinto shrine bordering it　　＞

It was built at 60 years or more ago, and it began from the public bathhouse of the village at first.

Suwa city and Chino city of Nagano have some hot spring and some public bathhouse.

The hot spring is water-clear (alkaline simple hot water) and the fountainhead temperature is 56℃.

The charge is 400 yen per one adult..

The origin of the name of this hot spring is from a folktale that Kappa was living in this river Yukawa.

Kappa is a mythical being, a good swimmer, and was usually seen as mischievous troublemakers or trickster figures.

Some trees of splendid Japan cedar of this shrine had a mark of “On-bashira”.

Are these used for the pillar of a festival or shrine pavilions?

I had a good time in an unexpected way.

I recommend it to you.

「湯川温泉、河童の湯」　http://www.lcv.ne.jp/~yugawa/kappa.htm

建設されたのは６０年以上前で、最初、村の共同浴場から始まった。

長野県の諏訪市や茅野市は温泉や共同浴場が他にもあります。

温泉は無色透明（アルカリ性単純泉）で源泉温度は５６℃です。

料金は大人４００円です。

この温泉の名前の由来は、この湯川に河童が住んでいたと言う伝承があったからです。

河童は伝説上のもので、泳ぎが上手く、通常いたずら好きなトラブルメーカーと見なされます。

この神社の幾本かの立派な杉の木には御柱の印がありました。

これらは祭りか社殿の柱に使われるのでしょうか？

思わぬ良い一時を過ごしました。

皆さんにもお薦めします。

A hot spring and a roadside station in Awaji island

 

＜　1. a view from the hot spring “美湯・松帆の郷”, by the HP　＞

Today I introduce you to a hot spring and a roadside station in the northern edge of Awaji island.

今日は、淡路の最北端にある温泉と道の駅を紹介します。

＜　2.  a full view of the hot spring and Akashi Strait Bridge　＞

The hot spring “ village Matuho”

It is a hot spring on the hillside in northern edge of Awaji island.

This maximum charm is to be able to look at Akashi Strait Bridge and the strait from an open-air bath.

It is good to be soaking in a bathtub along with looking at the ship that goes back and forth leisurely.

There are a restaurant and a souvenir shop in this hot spring.

美湯・松帆の郷

ここは淡路島の北端に突き出した山の中腹にある温泉です。

ここの最大の魅力は露天風呂から明石海峡大橋と海峡を眺められることです。

のんびり行き交う船を見ながら湯船に浸かるのは良いものです。

この温泉にはレストランと土産物屋店があります。

＜　3. a view from the bathtub　＞

The roadside station “Awaji”

This view from here is also good, because this roadside station is just beside the biggest bridge. 

There are a restaurant, a souvenir shop, and a seafood shop in it.

This restaurant serves Japanese-style and western-style meals.

Recently, our liking is the bowl of rice topped with sashimi in the seafood shop.

In the back of the shop, there is live-box that sharp-toothed eel, octopus and other fishes swim in.

I took a fancy for eating fresh delicacies of the sea at ease.

道の駅あわじ

ここは明石海峡大橋の直ぐ横にある道の駅で、ここからの明石海峡と大橋の眺めも良い。

ここにはレストラン、土産物店、海鮮丼店があります。

レストランの海峡楼には和洋食が揃っています。

最近、私達夫婦が気に入っているのは海鮮丼の海鮮館です。

この店の裏には生け簀があり、ハモやタコ、魚が泳いでいます。

気軽に新鮮な海の幸を食べられるのが気に入っています。

＜　4.  a full view of the roadside station　＞

＜　5.  the seafood shop　＞

＜　6.  the inside of the seafood shop　＞

＜　7.  the bowl of rice topped with sashimi, “焼穴子丼”, “しらすかまあげ丼”　＞

When you go to the shop, it is better to check to be able to eat wishing foods.

しらす等の魚介類は季節があるので、確認してから行くと良いでしょう。

Travel to Hokuriku 3: I was intoxicated with the sunrise

 

＜　1.  sunrise　＞

Today, I introduce to you the sunrise that I saw from Wakura Onsen.

今日は、和倉温泉から見た朝陽を紹介します。

＜　2.  10 minutes before the sunrise　　＞

Here is Wakura Onsen in the inner part of Nanao Bay in Noto Peninsula.

I took photos of the sunrise that rose in Notojima Bridge from the park of footbath of the seashore.

ここは能登半島の七尾湾の奥にある和倉温泉です。

海岸にある「湯っ足りパーク」から能登島大橋に昇る朝陽を撮影しました。

＜　3.  sunrise　＞

At this season, the distant view became dim on many days because of spring haze, and it was so this day also.

For three days, although it was blessed with fine weather and there was also no wind, only this was regrettable.

The cloud has begun to appear thinly today, too.

この時期、春霞で遠景がぼやけて見えることが多く、この日もそうでした。

３日間、晴天に恵まれ風も無かったのですが、これだけが残念でした。

今日は薄く雲もかかり始めた。

＜　4.  6 minutes after the sunrise 　＞

＜　5.  from an avenue of pines　＞

＜　6  from the footbath　＞

＜　7.  1 hour after the sunrise　＞

I had gone in hot spring in the morning at 4:30 and I was running out in order to take a snap of sunrise.

Although it was refreshing in the daytime, it was still cold in the morning of Hokuriku.

When I had finished taking a photograph, my body was cold.

When returning, I was able to warm my cold hands by steam of hot spring going up from a drainage conduit.

Fortunately my desired snap of a sunrise from an island was able to take today.

朝４時半に温泉に入り、飛び出し、日の出を撮る為に走った。

日中は爽やかだったのですが北陸の朝はまだ寒かった。

写真を撮り終えた時には、体が冷え切っていました。

帰る時、排水路から立ち上る温泉の湯気で冷たい手を暖めることが出来た。

今日は、望んでいた島影からの日の出が撮れて幸いでした。

Japanese hot spring : open-air bath

 

＜P.１　in HOTEL J’S NICHINAN RESORT ＞

Japanese almost love hot springs, especially open-air bath. In the morning and the evening, while we feel the cold air in the nude,  immerse themselves in bath. There is nothing to interrupt, and then, when it is able to look at a mountain or the ocean from a bathtub, we are pleasant. We will be the highest if we can see sunrise and the setting sun. Japanese people feel and enjoy a season to the autumnal leaves, the snow-covered landscape, and fresh green which are visible from a bath. If an open-air bath is located in the hotel on the journey, everyone is overjoyed.

Here, the hot spring which I enjoyed is introduced for foreigners.

Finally, there is one of the Turkey. Many of used photographs are reproduced from the WEB site of each hotel.

＜P２　The Japanese map showing introductory land＞

＜P3　in KIRISHIMA SPAHILLS／a panorama of KIRISHIMA ＞

The first photo, No.2 of the map, The hot spring is located in the hotel on the mountain of Miyazaki Prefecture.

From bath to below this, we can regard the sea beyond a mountain range. The view from the bath has a very airy.  The  wind and the fresh green were impressing spring. Upper P3 photos, map No. 1, The hot spring is located in one of the hotel on the Kirishima hot spring of Miyazaki Prefecture. Lower P3 photos, It shows volcanic Kirishima. The hot springs are scattered in this mountain side. if it is fine, Sakurajima of the volcano which appears on a big bay can be seen from this bath. Japanese people like the bath was constructed on rock like the photo. One side of the bath is surrounded by trees, and the other is open sight, then, besides it can be seen far, it is the best.

＜P4　in HOTEL NEW AWAJI PLAZA AWAJISHIMA／in MATUHO NO YU＞

Upper P4 photos, map No.3, the hot spring is located on ridgeline of the peninsula to the southern end of Awaji Island. The merit of this bath is a wide bay below one’s eyes and we are able to look at the setting sun. Lower, map No.4, this is a hot spring facility located on a hillside in the northern end of Awaji Island. Apeel of this bath is that you can see the Akashi Strait and the Asia’s largest suspension bridge.

＜P5　in ARIAKE SOU, in autum／ in winter／ North Alps＞

Upper two P5 photos, map No.5, the hotel is located near the ridge of the Northern Alps in Nagano Prefecture. This hotel is located in the valley of 1400m altitude, many climbers begin to climb from here. Here is surrounded by the mountains. The time of autumnal leaves, the moutains is decorated really nice. The view from the bath is not good. It is surrounded by mountains and trees. You can enjoy the taste of each of the four seasons as show in the photograph. Lower, in the panoramic view of Alps,

this hotel is located on the hillside.

＜P６　Pamukkale／A Shelf of limestone／ Hierapolis＞

P6 and 7 are Pamukkle. This is a tourist destination in Turkey.

Upper, the hot spring made in the earthquake is located on the plateau above the lime shelf. Ruins Hierapolis of the time of the Roman Empire is located on the plateau. Many pillars fall and lie in the hot spring. Many men and women are enjoying in the hot spring pool with a swimsuit. Center, it is a scene of the famous limestone shelf, but, due to the small rain, it was regrettable if there is no water in the dish. Center, it is a scene of the famous limestone shelf, but, due to the small rain, it was regrettable, because there is no water in the dish.

Lower, it is Ruins Hierapolis.

＜P7　in Pam Thermal Hotel ／ a night view＞

This hotel is located just below the limestone shelf. The hot spring water contains sand was extremely fine. The sand had to settle on the bottom of the bath. Everyone enters wearing a swimsuit in the hot spring. Compared with the hot spring in Japan, the temperature is lower and the bathtub is shallower.  As shown in the photo of a night view, indoor hot spring pool and outdoor hot spring pool on the second floor can be seen in the back of the blue pool.

We came over the open-air bath. There is a hot spring pool, such as a large palace in Budapest, Hungary.  I did not have time to go there, unfortunately. In China, there was no habit to enjoy hot springs and open-air bath, have come to enjoy slowly. I do not know, that there is a popular hot spring in Southeast Asia. How to enjoy hot springs varies from country to country.

Become naked, we entered a hot spring with strangers, and sometimes have a lively conversation with them. In open-air bath, Japanese socialize with nude, enjoy the season and scenery, and heal the mind and body.