Mom at Minshuku Yamamoto
Hello Kitty
Rice straw drying at Minshuku Yamamoto
Our Wonderful Hosts!
Our Wonderful Hosts!
We ended up at Minshuku Yamamoto in Uchino near Miura Guchi on a Saturday with no bus service to anywhere. Taxi was $200, our host offered to drive us 1.5 hours 1-Way to Omata for $100!
Reconstructed and retained hillside. These are all over the steep hillsides in mountainous Japan. Between Hongu Taisha and Koyasan there was lots of new construction to retain eroding hillsides.
Day 2 solo on the Kohechi Trail. This time was a more leisurely, but longer 14km hike round trip from Omata to the summit of Obako Dake (Mount Obako), the highest point at 4,435 feet on the Kohechi Trail and entire Kumano Kodo!
Hiking up from Omata
Jizo Shrine
Gravesite – Shrine with Asahi beer offering…I like their style!
Cabin available to the public for camping overnight
Cabin interior with 3 bunks and cookstove
Fall Colors I
Fall Colors II
Fall Colors III
Fall Colors IV
Fall Colors V
Forest Fruit
Kohechi Trail – Omata to Obako Dake
Obako Dake Summit
Obako Dake Panorama