Shosenkyo Gorge (in Kofu)

Hi Guys, final part of this instalment of the blog update for today but probably one of the best!

We went to Shosenkyo Gorge today, it's located just outside of Kofu City and very close to the surrounding mountains including Mt Fuji. On the drive up to the gorge we decided to pull over and take a photo of the city, we asked the three guys to move out of the way of the shot but they wouldn't listen...


As we was climbed the amount of trees were growing, there was very little rock around:


While going to the gorge we found Arakawa Dam:




Although there wasn't much water flowing through, there was a massive amount of water being expelled near the bottom of the dam:


As we continued on towards the gorge we had to pullover suddenly and hop out of the car! In an effort to save petrol we decided to open our windows and switch off the air conditioning but then a massive hornet came into the car.. it must of been an inch or so in size!! Once the hornet ejected itself from the vehicle we casually made our way back... we wasn't worried at all! A little further on we found these:


Just before going to the gorge we found a temple and paid that a visit:




There was this amazing looking fountain just outside the gorge as well:


The video of the gorge is to follow shortly..

Welcome to Kofu!

Actually we leave Kofu tomorrow morning to go to Kyoto but here are some photos of what we did on our first day once we obtained our rental car (a Toyota Belina, like a stretched out Yaris).

Once we dropped off all our stuff in the hotel we headed for the ruins of Kofu Castle, some parts have been rebuilt based off drawings and what had been excavated, pictures to follow.

After that we headed over to a nearby temple, here is a shot of one of the buildings.



We was able to get quite a good view of Kofu from the top of the grounds:




And we managed to get in a silly shot too!