We had yet another small snowfall last night - quite unusual for our area.
I would really like to write about our morning ride in the snow today. However - there was no morning ride. Just one of those days when we couldn't quite get out of bed. Houses in Japan, especially the milder areas, do not have any heat. Well, we do run a small kerosene heater during the evening, but of course we cannot sleep with it on. So, when we wake up, it is so hard to get out from under the warm blankets! No, that's no excuse, I know. And by the time we do get up and active, we both regret the lost opportunity.
But at least I can share some photos of where we frequently ride in the mornings before work. Here is a picture taken a few minutes ago from our balcony - you can see Mt. Fuji, and beside it, the Ashitaka mountain range. While riding up Mt. Fuji is a bit too ambitious, we often explore Ashitaka.
Panorama - Mt. Fuji and Ashitaka mountain range, taken from our front balcony.
While it is rather snow-covered today, and camouflaged in the picture above, there is an incinerator not far from here in the mountains. While a garbage incinerator is not a beautiful sight, the route up to it is amazing. It is a narrow, windy, tree-shrouded road, free of motor traffic. An excellent ride during rush-hour!
My zoom let me focus on the incinerator - a regular destination on our morning rides.
Alas - that is all the blog I have for today!
1 comment:
I saw a report on the news the other night that Fujisan was making rumblings. Any truth to that? Would you feel them from where you are?
-Denis
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