Waterfall Adventure

When popping into the tourist information office at the nearby michi-no-eki, Byron's eye was immediately caught by a poster showing the Fudodaki Waterfall.

It is only about 10 minutes drive from the house, and a 1km foot trek is required to reach this enchanted place.


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Without delay he moved his party to the place and everyone discovered there inner spiritual side.



While first circling around the cold water ...



One after another dipped in

"The water was just the right temperature - not to cold. But because of the water pressure you could only endure about 20 seconds under the water" commented one of those Yamabushi afterwards.

A weekend of little work

Last weekend I could not manage to come before late Saturday evening, as I was part of a panel at the Tsukuba University Open Day. I arrived after dark, so only had time to buy some supplies for breakfast and head to the Onsen.

I met the local carpenter on Sunday, and Tomo managed to pop round at the same time. Before that, I used the fresh morning air to dig a trench in front of the house. I plan to put a drainage pipe to carry the run-off water from the roof clear from the woodwork of the house.



I placed a few large pebbles where the water normally drips down, to break the fall and avoid the splashing.



So overall not much (physical)work this weekend.