Climbed Mt. Otake on a holiday.
Mitake-keikoku valley in the morning.
Took a cable car departing at 7:30.
Azalea flowers were very impressive.
On the top of Mt. Otake. Mt. Fuji was hidden in the clouds, unfortunately.
Took a trail along the valley to Yozawa (養沢) area.
Otaki (大滝) big waterfall.
Otake Limestone Cave.
Yozawa-Jinja shrine (養沢神社).
Took a bus to Seoto-no-yu (瀬音の湯) hot bathing spot before getting back home.
出張のついでに札幌市内を散歩してきた。
Walking in Sapporo city as appendix to a business trip.
創成川 Sosei river, an artificial drainage of the city.
Five-lane broadway.
TV tower from the north.
Solid brick building of former brewery.
Former residence of a governor.
Lovely design of hydrant.
Big bridge over Toyohira river.
Weather was chilly.
Horsetails on the river bank
Sapporo TV tower.
Odori Park (大通り公園) as seen from the observation deck of the TV Tower
Former legal court building.
Took a tram.
Got back to Toyohira river at a bridge on the upstream.
Took a subway back to JR station.
JR Sapporo station.
Airport liner.
天候に恵まれなかったがやっと晴れた。
Had the last chance to see cherry blossoms today since the weather has not been fine till the last week.
Shibakawa (芝川) river at Washiyama-bashi (鷲山橋) bridge.
Regular observation point.
Flowers in the farming area.
Minuma daiyousui nishiberi (見沼代用水西縁) channel.
去年の五月の続きは小田原宿入生田から。
Resumed walking from Iriuda district of Odawara post town, having reached in May of the last year.
早朝、月が残っていた。
Departed early in the morning. Crescent.
東京駅で30分ほどあり東海道起点を踏んできた。
Dropped by Nipponbashi origin point of Tokaido road near Tokyo rail station.
Took a Shinkansen train to Odawara.
The modern train took only 30 minutes to Odawara. Suprex!
Changed to Hakone mountain rail.
Got off at Iriuda station.
Yes, these stairs were to resume from.
Greeting to a train in reverse direction.
箱根湯本。
Hakone-yumoto is a major hotspring.
Hayakawa river and Hakone-yumoto station.
湯本小学校の桜。
Cherry blossoms at Yumoto elementary school.
Gods of the road.
須雲地区。駒形神社に上り街道を振り返る。
Looked back the road from Komagata jinja shrine in Sukumo district.
Began steep incline to the pass.
Old pavement of edo era remains.
Most part of the pavement is reconstructed for tourists.
Vivid colors aside the road.
These boards explain the structure of the stone pavement.
畑宿。
Hata-juku post town.
空中の旧道って、このことだった。
This part is called the old road in the air.
Drainage structure of the pavement.
七曲りは県道と交差しながら進む。
This part is called Nanamagari (seven turns).
Went as crossing several times with the car traffic road.
Steep road ended but a slope still continued.
お昼前の甘酒茶屋でエネルギー補給。
Before noon, reached Amazake-chaya resthouse.
Hot and sweet rice milk and three kinds of rice cakes were very good energy charge.
杉並木。
Road with cedar trees aside, downward to Ashinoko lake.
芦ノ湖・箱根神社の大鳥居。
Big torii gate of the Hakone jinja shrine on shore of Ashinoko lake.
箱根の関所。
Hakone sekisho, an old controlling gate.
芦ノ湖。
Lake Ashinoko.
Tempra soba. 1,500 yen.
箱根峠から芦ノ湖を振り返る。
Climbed up to Hakone pass. Looked back Ashinoko lake.
Highest point of the trip.
Hakone pass, route No.1.
ふきのとう。
Wildflowers of springtime. Young buds are edible.
甲石坂は2019年の台風被害で不通になっていた。
Kabutozaka path was closed due to damage by typhoon in 2019.
接待茶屋跡。
Settai-chaya rest spot.
かぶと石。
Kabuto-ishi big stone.
Weather turned sunny in the afternoon.
駒形諏訪神社。山中城の本丸跡だそうだ。
Suwa jinja shrine, ruin of Yamanaka castle.
静岡県側の下りに入る。
Road went down to Mishima post town.
駿河湾が光る。
Saw Suruga bay shining ahead.
Steep road down to Mishima.
六地蔵。
Roku-zizo (six buddhist statues). Number increased.
富士山は雲の中。
Mt. Fuji was hidden in the clouds.
錦田の一里塚。
Nishikida-ichirizuka milemounds.
東海道本線を渡る。
Crossed Tokaido rail line.
大場川（神川）
Daiba river, or also called Shinkawa river.
三島大社は鳥居前をスルー。
Passed through in front of Mishima-taisha shrine.
三島市には湧水の小川がたくさん流れている。
There are many streams of well waters in Mishima town.
三島宿、三島広小路駅に到着。
The final point of the trip, Mishima-hirokoji station, Mishima post town.
伊豆箱根鉄道。
Took a train of Izu-Hakone railway.
Comfortable reversible cross seats.
翌日はすばらしい晴れだった。
On the next day, returned home while seeing ocean in clear sunshine.
休日のジョギングでのんびり春を楽しんできた。
Enjoyed spring arrival in the park after holiday jogging.
