Biking to Shiraito-no-Taki waterfall

Yesterday we spent the day riding with a friend who recently got her motorcycle license, too. It was fun to ride with another woman, and though we didn't go too far, we got some good curves in on backroads all the way to Shiraito-no-Taki, a fairly famous waterfall in Fujinomiya city.

The weather was gray and a bit chilly, but we still enjoyed being on the bikes, especially as I had barely ridden in about a month. We took the 469 through Jurigi, where we stopped for a short rest to warm our hands up a little.

Our bikes parked at Jurigi, where we had a short rest.

Back on the bikes, we had wide open roads with no traffic and made it to the falls in no time at all.

Shiraito no taki

The kanji for Shiraito-no-taki (????) means White Thread Waterfall, and you can see from the photos it does look like white thread spooling down.

There is a second waterfall as well, this one called Otodome-no-Taki ???????which means "The Sound Stops Waterfall. The legend is that, hundreds of years ago, two leaders were trying to discuss their strategy, but couldn't hear due to the falls. So the falls stopped long enough to exchange the information.

Oto-dome-no-taki

Finally, I was tempted by this local sake shop, but avoided being lured in, even by their enticing barrel of sake:

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After exploring the falls and having some lunch, we rode to Fuji city, where we stopped by a motorbike accessory shop. We bought some new winter riding gloves, then said farewell to our riding companion (who lives near the shop) and made our way home through the city. In the end, it was a full day spent out riding and exploring, which is a pretty good way to spend a Sunday.