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Nishi-Agano Station |
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Old wooden bench with new paint...
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- on the Seibu-Shinjuku Line |
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Heading towards the mountains |
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Nearby creek |
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After hiking along this road for a bit... |
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- walking past signs... |
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- lumber... |
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- more lumber... |
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- and along this river... |
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- for a bit... |
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- the path took a turn away... |
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- from the cars and trucks... |
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- and into the foothills |
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Ah... green... green... grreeeennnn.....! |
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Flowers too |
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More green... grrreeeeeeen! |
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A road, but almost no traffic |
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The cable to catch falling rocks? |
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This area of the foothills... |
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- has a number of... |
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- houses, so I found myself looking... |
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- around and wondering how it would... |
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- feel to live there |
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One of the last houses before... |
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- passing this Torii gate and... |
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- heading up into the mountains |
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Stopping to - no, not smell the roses... |
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- but to take a close look at vertical rock... |
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- which is the same idea in spirit |
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Away from the path of... |
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- fire-breathing machinery... |
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- I was expecting it to get nicer... |
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- and... um... nicer, but... |
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- there was a lack of... |
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- undergrowth, and I lowered my brows... |
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- a little wondering at the dry... |
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- feeling in the air... |
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- until the answer became... |
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- apparent further up the trail |
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Continuing along... |
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- through green here and... |
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- there, the answer came... |
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The trees were growing in the... |
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- aftermath of clear-cutting |
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Near the top there is another road |
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Along the path.... |
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Past the formerly clear-cut area... |
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- more normal full-of-life green... |
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- reappeared |
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Nenogongen area |
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Nenogongen area |
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Nenogongen area |
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Nenogongen area |
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Nenogongen area |
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Nenogongen area |
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At the top, I visited Tenryuji Temple |
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Then, as I began the walk back down... |
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- the mountain (on a different path)... |
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- I again turned my attention to... |
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- the details on the ground |
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Ferns |
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Green... grrreeeeeen |
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More ferns |
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A fallen sign |
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Late afternoon sunlight illumination |
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Signpost midway down the mountain
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Stairs for the steep parts |
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Old bridge |
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Nenogongen area |
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Nenogongen area |
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Nenogongen area |
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An old house |
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The extra section on top was for... |
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- raising silkworms |
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Old storage shed |
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Same old house |
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Nenogongen area |
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Nenogongen area |
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Back near the S-Shinjuku Line |