Pretty People Only
Funny side on a bench in Ouchijuku: pretty people only!
Lunch at Ouchijuku
Eating soba at Ouchijuku: leek soba is their specialty – quite good.
Ouchijuku
Ouchijuku lying along Aizu West Road is a small village nestled among lofty mountains that once flourished as post town in the Edo period. The main road through this village was called Aizu West Road or Shimotsuke Road which played an important role in connecting Aizu Wakamatsu, a castle town in Fukushima Prefecture, and Imaichi in Tochigi Prefecture: straw rice sacks and commodities were cared overland along this road [ref]. Was cold, but not freezing and snow was fresh from the nights before: almost perfect :) Careful with your shoes: the main path is just mud when wet.
Tamiya Unimog
To accompany my daughter in her RC adventures, Santa got me a Tamiya Mercedes-Benz Unimog 425 on a CC01 chassis! This thing can go anywhere :)
Tamiya Neo Scorcher
Christmas gift for my daughter last year (she asked for it!): a Tamiya XB Neo Scorcher, TT-02B chassis. We’ve had a lot of fun with it… but I needed something to accompany her…
Sengen Jinja
The Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Jinja (北口本宮冨士浅間神社) used to be the starting point for climbing Mount Fuji from the north. The trailhead is still located directly behind the right side of the shrine’s main hall , but today most climbers start their ascent from the Fuji Subaru Line 5th Station halfway up the mountain, effectively shortening the climb by more than five hours.
Four trees in a wide square are believed to have been selected as the borders of the shrine area. Three trees remain today and are designated as natural monuments. Measuring about 23m at their girths, they are about 1000 years old and are believed to protect the shrine.
