We traveled around Oita Prefecture this time on holiday. It preserves it in this post like the record though it is a photograph where a lot of sceneries exists. We like music. Especially, we like Rock music. We like acoustic recently. Norio Yamakawa a.k.a. Guitar Panda did live with we managed ASTROLOUNGE before. We obtained information that he was doing the Kyushu tour, and started on a journey to Oita Prefecture...
This photo is a mountain named Yufudake in Yufuin Oita. Put on the top because it was most beautifully I think in my plenty photo.
Our enjoyment on holiday is meal on the trip state and drive by the car. Money is unexpectedly necessary for this small enjoyment. Gasoline fee, lodging expense, and food cost, etc. Cheep motel in Oita City needs 6000yen to 10000yen is verry high. We reserved the economy hotel on the Internet. This place is near from our hotel to live hall about hundreds meters. The hotel name is Miyako Inn. There seems to be no link though English is displayed in the website. Price is 6,100yen 2persons including parking charge. Not including dinner and breakfast. Room is verry small because for 1person changed from single bed to double bed before. Can smoke sigarettes. Room having some scratch and dust. But cleaning is good. We closed 4PM our shop and go here until 7:30PM. It needs about 2.5hours from Kokura to Oita by car. Its free charge the Shiida expway road from Yukuhashi to Nakatsu now. And Usa to Beppu expway also free charge now. But if you dont out highway at Beppu then start charge money. If you have ETC and equip on your car, become discount toll charge. We bought some snack and coffee at store and watched movie "CUBE" on the car. We rest at Beppuwan parking area. Then temp is 0.5degrees before 4.5degrees because Beppuwan is verry high place its top of mountain. We arrived hotel at 7:30PM verry close.
We were checkin the hotel. This is view from our room on 6 floor. We took few minutes rest and went to the outside. A live hall is a bar of "Neiroya". We searched for the place only in the address. The place was an amusement street with the tavern and bar. We walked while counting the block. It turned round the same block while enduring the cold. At entrance of hall, one guy gave me free one ticket. It was parties concerned of the band that performed. We treated him to one beer. His friend was painting black the gretsch guitar. It a sad and serious lyrics and melody. Neiroya since 2000. The storekeeper there seems to like blues, rock, folk and more from the 1960's to the 1970's. many record jacket and music posters are putted on the wall in the store. Artist is The Who, The Beatles, Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd and etc...
He is a fork rocker named Futaro. He born is Saga, music acted on Fukuoka. Now is spent in Aso in Kumamoto. His music are folk rock, blues, rock'n'roll and soul scream. It was 12 years ago to start and to I see Futaro. He and his friend is organizing the openair festival "Niji no misaki matsuri". Also he join band the name is DADA CHILD. Hippies all over Japan gather in the party. People camp in for days how many and live. The event of the hippie of 1000 person scale is unusual in Japan. Hairs that have been let grow for years how many are hermits who became dread. An easy store where tie-die clothes are sold on the site. The sound in which djembe is beaten resounds until the middle of the night. I visited and enjoyed for years.
This is amazing acorstic singer the name is GUITAR PANDA. He is too much unique singer. Because He is skillfull in the call and response. His name is Norio Yamakawa. Naming of Guitar Panda seems to be a parody from Guitar Wolf. He is an entertainer who does the parody and the mimicry of various people. The hall is drawn in to the whirlpool of laughter. However, the foreigner might not be able to laugh. Norio Yamakawa is coming from Okayama Prefecture. It is very good guitarist. I like his Elvis Presley's mimicry.
We were very satisfied. Live ended around 0AM. We ate in the tavern name is Murasaki because we were hungry. A stick carrot was delicious. Because the carrot is cooled with ice, the density of the taste is thinned. It eats by the source that mixes the mayonnaise with Moromi. We ordered deep-fried fish sausage, boiled green soybeans and deep-fried potato & cheese. We go back hotel 0:30AM. We took shower and have a good sleep.
We woke up at 9:00AM. The outside is very fine.
A big church was seen outside the window.
These are buildings in the Oita city.
Small cars are stopping...
We take breakfast in our room. And check out at 11AM. We went to Beppu City.
I like this road the name is route 10 from Oita to Beppu. I can see Pacific ocean on this road right side. There is a monkey mountain and aquarium.
We can see Mountain Yufu. The snow has piled a little on the mountain.
We reached Japanese cafe in Beppu its my wife's favolite. The jar is put on the door. The goldfish is swimming on the inside.
This is a tablecloth of this cafe. The glass board is put on the tablecloth. This cloth is a famous fabric named Kurume Kasuri are splashed patterns.
The camellia flower and pine leaf is put on the table.
It is a garden in Japan where air exists.
This is Japanese green tea. Its free drink like a water.
Tree outside window that reflects in the glass table. We ate soup that the fried rice cake entered in a cafe here. And, it left for Yufuin. Tsurumi Mountain and Yufu Mountain pass from Beppu through route 11 the local line and it comes off.
The snow remained in the vicinity of the top of the pass...
Little snow piled The mountain where beautiful...
Very blue sky transparent is beautiful...
This picture took by my wife. The shadow of the tree reflects in the snow by the backlight and it is beautiful...
The tree is not here because there are a lot of volcanic ashes. A short grass dies, and the mountain becomes gold in winter.
Very beautiful strong contrast of the gold and blue... I like 2nd this shot in this post.
This also beautiful mountain picture. Mount Yufu is a 1,583m(5,195ft) volcano mountain. It is recorded in the oldest document of Japan as an object of the belief. Old times people were enshrining the mountain. A lot of mountain climbers visit this Mount Yufu.
This is Yufuin Town over view from high position.
This is my best shot of Mount Yufu. Do the float of the cloud from the top as the aircraft wing pulls the cloud. You can climb this Mount Yufu about 2hour plus by beginners walk from parking area. It begins to climb and it walks for a while in beautiful meadow. It gradually becomes a coppice. Mount Yufu has the west route and the east route. The west route is put the chain on the rock and little dangerous. The east route is not dangerous though it is a rapid ascent. East route is better for beginner. There have no water area. Better to bling some water.
We get out from the road where the Japan cedar lines up and enter the town in Yufuin.
The afforestation of the Japan cedar of this region is active.
The Christian church with stained glass museum were discovered. It will extend it next time because the admission fee is necessary.
We parked near the lake where Yufuin named Kinrin Lake was represented. Parking fees were 300 yen a day. This Kinrin Lake is shallow and not wide. The water temperature is a little high because the hot spring flows. The fish was not able to be seen this time though a lot of fish had swum before. In the morning, the steam that rises from the lake is beautiful.
Yufuin lines with a lot of souvenir shops. However, there are not so many goods that are reminiscent of Yufuin. Goods shop full of dogs, goods shop full of cats, restaurant where price is a little high, specialty store of bean, and fancy goods store, etc.
I like this photograph. Elderly persons who enjoy gateball. In Japan, the gateball became popular for about 20 years ago by the elderly persons. The appearance to enjoy the gateball is not seen now.
Mount Yufu and Yufu main street. Most tourists are South Koreans and Chinese. Yufuin is a sightseeing spot that became popular ten years or more ago. The hot spring hotel has not stayed because the price is very high. A Japanese tourist has been broken off now. It might be a sightseeing spot united to the packing tour from South Korea and China of the high economic growth period now. We ate in the coffee shop in the vicinity of the parking lot because we were hungry. I ordered the bowl of fried chicken on rice named Toriten Don. The wife ordered local special foods named Dagojiru.
We returned getting on the highway. Mount Yufu was able to be seen again on one's return.
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