On top of Hakkoda 八甲田の紅葉2009

気温は6度
風はあんまり降っていない



車一台を山の反対側に置いて、朝6時ぐらいに皆さんと酸ケ湯の上の駐車場で会いました。
準備は頑張ってして来たんですか、他の人の準備を見って、勉強になりました。



ズボンと靴は濡れないようにのガードとか、山の頂上でラメンを食べるような準備とか...
出発してから3時間ぐらい後に大岳（1584m）に付きました。



風邪は14m/ｓ、頭のすぐ上で早く早く走る曇り...寒いですがー気持ち！
登場までの上りは長かったんですが、紅葉を見ながら、箒場までの降り道は6時間ぐらいかかりました。



八甲田大岳の頂上で撮ったビデオです



9時間で12km　歩いて、八甲田の紅葉を見って、友達と楽しい登山していい一日でした。

Sasuke 2009

Every year more than 100 candidates attend to complete a four stage competiton called Sasuke (japanese). They are challenged to finish every stage using their body strenght. They need to jump, reach on different things, hold tight to things, cliffhang, run, in order to finish the stage. All 4 stages are different and are getting difficult to finish stage by stage.

I am always looking forward to watching Sasuke every year. Today I came home late and the show already started. Grabed a cup of tea, some snacks and while watching the TV, I was holding tight the cup of tea in one hand. With the other hand I was nervously eating the snacks.

Makoto Nagano (japanese), the ninja warrior of Sasuke made it up to the 4th stage again. He managed to finish the 4th stage during the 17th edition of Sasuke. This year, Nagano Makoto and a 24 years old competitor made it up to the the 4th stage.

Nagano Makoto winning the 17th edition of Sasuke 2006.
Nagano Makoto during the 3rd Stage- Sasuke 2008.

Inakadate Rice Field Art 2009

Today I managed to go to Inakadate village and see the rice field art.The drawings on the rice field are created by planting various types of rice. Planting the rice field starts in late April and the drawings become more visible every month. The peak is in September.

Volunteers are helping at planting the rise and on the 4th of October they help at the crop.
Visitors take an elevator situated in a nearby building that looks like an old castle, to the 5th floor, then walk the stairs up to the 7th floor. From there visitors are able to see the drawings.

This year a Sengoku warrior and Napoleon were the two main characters.

Snow wall of 5 meters- The Golden Line

Hakkoda Walk 2008
Originally uploaded by Mihai Japan

Today the Golden Line(video- toonippo) was uncovered from the snow that reached up to 7.5 meters this year (Web東奥- japanese). The Golden Line will be open for the famous "Hakkoda Walk" starting from the 27th and opened to the traffic starting from April. Hope to get there these days. More details about the Golden Line on flickr at the bottom of the photo.