Found a nice back alley path between the highway and railroad tracks and then looking out I see the river branching out from railroad tracks which looks pretty neat..
02 May 2021, 10:32
02 May 2021, 09:19
Very little remains of this building but I can see stairs
02 May 2021, 09:15
Two giant water pipes begging for me to climb them..
01 May 2021, 14:15
Day Sixteen was relatively short, and our last short walking day. This was the day I wore my SOGO shirt and ran across the side of a dam in a damn beautiful area.
The onsen at Hirokawa is large warm, and covered in cool tiles of varying sizes. Very nicely done!
- Day Sixteen
(Saturday May 1st *)
1 part:
Walk 7km, From Kagura White Horse Inn To Echigo Yuzawa Hirokawa (240km walked so far)
01 May 2021, 12:51
Lots of wind buffetting these tents and inflatable tent covers
30 Apr 2021, 21:29
The owner of Lodge Montoze offered to drive us through the tunnels, but traffic on Highway 17 seemed light enough to venture through the tunnels on foot.
It was basically fine. We just moved to the side when cards approached.
My light and reflective vest should keep us visible enough to oncoming vehicles.
After walking 800 meters, we found windows in the tunnel!
We could barely see through the windows.
I wondered what it would be like out there.
Hmmm if only there were a way to go outside.
Walked a few steps further and discovered two huge doors 4 meters tall, standing wide open to the beautiful forest outside.
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The middle hinge was higher than I am tall!
We found a beautiful stream outside. I looked for a way onto the tunnel.
Sweet! A ladder is just the thing I need.
On top of the ladder I see the windowed tunnel was actually a connector between two previously distinct tunnels.
I could almost make out the name of the end of the first tunnel
I’m on top of the world (of happiness)!
Back down the ladder looked a bit spooky and was totally fine.
Looking back, I could just about see the name of the second tunnel
These wall holders really intrigue me
Cool! It opens up into a larger space.. including a ladder!
30 Apr 2021, 12:15
I was intrigued + amazed + happy to see how strong the snow barriers are.
And found a section of triangles through which I could walk quite happily
Day 15 was
- Day Fifteen
(Friday April 30th *)
1 part:
Walk 6km, From Lodge Montoze To Kagura White Horse Inn (233km walked so far)
There is a tunnel on Highway 17
just north of Lodge Montoze,
through which I can not safely walk
because though there are no sidewalks.
One of my skiing friends said
there will likely be very few skiers
by this date, so I can likely
use the ski slopes to the west
of the tunnel, possibly using
Tashiro Ropeway.
I prefer walking if possible, but we shall see exactly what is possible!
Update 30 April 2021: Owner of Montoze Lodge said there is no reasonable way to go around the mountain. Must go through the tunnel. Be careful or he will give us a ride.
We were careful and had a great time finding a whole magical world.
29 Apr 2021, 13:53
Cute sign, but
are the cars supposed to be doing wheelies?
Is this broken concrete due to ice-induced cracking?
Wow long walk
What did they write on this sign?
Cherry blossoms are nearly in full bloom here
Here was the plan for today but we skipped Dragondola because the weather was cloudy and seemed like we would not be able to see anything anyway.
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Day Fourteen (Thursday April 29th *) Part 1:
Walk 3km, From Family House Akashiya To Dragondola Sanroku Station (220km walked so far) -
Day Fourteen (Thursday April 29th *) Part 2:
Walk 7km, From Dragondola Sanroku Station To Lodge Montoze (227km walked so far)
29 Apr 2021, 13:00
Why are these cement tubes
- clean,
- broken, and
- lined up ready to go?
The ends of these concrete tubes are broken
otherwise they look clean and fine
29 Apr 2021, 12:12
Wow a snow blower!
I have never seen one of these up close before.
Nor had François seen one
ohhhh so that’s how they work!
