Yamadera has a heritage site of temples high on a hill. All info we read on this site showed how beautiful it was. This is a pic taken from the train station when we arrived showing only the top half of the hill. We thought the train would be dropping us near the top NOT at the bottom of the hill. Also NONE of the literature we saw mentioned the 1,001 steps to the top!!!!! The angle of the paths in between the stairs was also steep in places.
There were shrines all the way through the the cedar forest making it an interesting climb. We must fess up that we piked out about half way up deciding on preservation rather than accomplishment to the detriment of our knees.
There were very pretty `stroll` gardens.
Mark amongst the trees.
Spotting successful climbers at the top of the hill from Yamadera train station
Yamadera has a heritage site of temples high on a hill. All info we read on this site showed how beautiful it was. This is a pic taken from the train station when we arrived showing only the top half of the hill. We thought the train would be dropping us near the top NOT at the bottom of the hill. Also NONE of the literature we saw mentioned the 1,001 steps to the top!!!!! The angle of the paths in between the stairs was also steep in places.
There were shrines all the way through the the cedar forest making it an interesting climb. We must fess up that we piked out about half way up deciding on preservation rather than accomplishment to the detriment of our knees.
There were very pretty `stroll` gardens.
Mark amongst the trees.
Spotting successful climbers at the top of the hill from Yamadera train station
3 comments:
This bit popped in while I was reading the previous entry...wondered if you made all the steps can't blame you for pulling the plug on all of them...have to keep the knees working for the rest of the trip..keep having fun you both look well and happy..love Jan xx
What time they take to create such shapes of the trees...so lush too. Had a smirk on the face when you piked the walk, as I could imagine I would have just 'looked 'up the slope.Enjoy more.
I thought the temples were there so you could pray that you'd make it to the top...
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