Hyakuhiro no Taki Water Fall - Tokyo

[Point of View]
- Hyakuhiro no Taki Waterfall
- A rich forest

[Getting there]
Approximately 90 minutes by JR Chuohonsen Line from Tokyo Station to Oume Station and 35 minutes by JR Oume Line to Okutama. It takes about 30 minutes to Kawanoribashi Stop by Nishi Tokyo Bus and another 90 minutes on foot to "Hyakuhiro no Taki Waterfall."

[Personal Recommendation]
Access：★★☆☆☆
Refreshments：★★★★★
"Hyakuhiro no Taki Waterfall" is located in the Nippara Area (North of Okutama).
You will see a gate that says, "Cars should not enter except institutional use."
Open this gate and proceed to the Hosokawa bridge from the Kawanoribashi bus stop. (It will take about 45 minutes.)
From the Hosokawa bridge, there will be an unpaved road beside the Kawanoritani Valley.
On this road, you will be able to take in the sound of the river's flow. (This walk will also take about 45 minutes.)
Finally, the 40-meter-high "Hayahiro no Taki Waterfall" will appear.
The basin of the waterfall is accessible to go into.

We really enjoyed seeing the moss-covered trees and rocks, as well as the other small waterfalls.

We really had no time to see any of the gigantic trees of Nippara, but the area is famous for them.

A small mountain run-off and fern.

A small waterfall on the way to "Hyakuhiro no Taki".
We climbed the verge of the waterfall and went across the bridge.

Hyakuhiro no Taki Waterfall.
You can go into the basin and feel the mist.

[Information]
- Okutama Visitor Center
171-1 hikawa, Okutamacho
0428-83-2037
- Okutamacho Information Center(located in front of Okutama Station)
0428-83-2152
- Nishi Tokyo Bus
042-646-9012

Kegon no Taki Water Falls - Tochigi

[Point of View]
- Kegon no Taki Waterfall
- Nehan no Taki Waterfall

[Getting there]
Approximately 50 minutes by JR Tohoku Shinkansen Line from Tokyo Station to Utunomiya Station and 45 minutes by JR Nikkou Line to Nikkou. About 50 minute by Bus and 3 minutes walk to Kegon no Taki Water Fall.

[Personal Recommendation]
Access：★★★☆☆
Refreshments：★★☆☆☆

Kegon no Taki Water Fall, at 97 m high,One of the 3 highest waterfalls of Japan, is located at Lake Chūzenji in Nikkō National Park.

There are 2 viewing platforms, one is free(at the top).
The other is not free and an elevator brings you down 100m so that you get to view the waterfall upclose.

About twelve smaller waterfalls are situated behind and to the sides of Kegon Falls including Nehan no Taki Waterfall.

If you go there by car, you might need carsickness medicine. You have to drive along very steep and curvy road.

Kegon no Taki Waterfall is quite the majestic waterfall.

The basin of Kegon no Taki Waterfall.

Nehan no Taki.

Nameless waterfall.

[Information]
Nikko Kanko Kyokai
Phone：0288-54-2496　FAX：0288-54-2495

Kakitagawa Yusuigun Springs River - Shizuoka

[Point of View]
- Kakitagawa Koen Park
- #1 & #2 Springs View Point
- a lot of plants, fishes & insects in the park

[Meal]
- Oniga-shima(on Route#1)

[Getting there]
Public Transportation:
Approximately 50 minutes by JR Shinkansen Line from Tokyo station to Mishima Station and 15 minutes by Bus to Kakitagawa Koen Station.

[Personal Recommendation]
Access：★★★★★
Refreshments：★★★☆☆
Meal：★★★☆☆

One of the 100 selected water sources in Japan is Kakitagawa Yusuigun Springs in Shizuoka prefecture.
It gushes out 500 thousand tons of fresh water daily which is naturally kept at 15℃ throughout year.
The volume of the water is the largest amount in East Asia.
It is filtrated with the soil of Mt. Fuji before spouting our in Kakitagawa springs.

The water is well utilized for local residents' daily lives and also for nursing fish and insect.
Area around the water source is Kakitagawa park, in many tourist come to sample the fresh water.

#2 View Point was so beautiful blue it takes my breath away.

You can see a lot of fish, kingfishers and more.



In the Park.

Asobiba(Open Space)

Lunch at Onigashima Restaurant.


[Information]
- Shimizu cho Yakuba
055-981-8224
http://www.kakitagawa.tv/shimizu-t/roman/park/kakitagawapanf.pdf

[Other attractions nearby]
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[Options]

Be awake in the early morning!

An interesting thing happened to me after I came back from a 2 month trip in Australia I am now is to be able to wake up in eary morning.


I have a very low blood pressure; It usually reaches a high point of just under 90 before lunch time.
So as it was, I had a difficult time waking up in the early morning.
However, now I can wake up at 6:30 everyday.

How did this happen?

When I was in AU, Ifound a lot of good things to do in the early morning.
I had been staying in a host family's home, they had a balocony where they always had their meals.
On the balocony, I could hear birds singing in the fresh air especially during breackfast time.

Not being able to wake up in the morning was not a physical problem, but rather a mental problem.

When there's nothing good to do you get bored and sleepy, and that makes you want stay in bed.

Black Jack makes an appearance!!!

Can you believe that Black Jack showed up in a hospital in Germany?
(Black Jack is a Japanese Manga character created by Osamu Tezuka.
He is an incredible doctor capable of performing miracles.)

A man, who had lost his arms, had a transplant done.
The donor had died a couple of hours earlier before the operation.
Every bone, artery, vain, and nerve were connected in place.
And just after the operation, unbelieveably, he could move his arms!!!
Although it would take two years until he could use his hands fully and naturally,
It is still a miracle!!!

English Conversation Circle

Located in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, there is a class called "Eikaiwa-Saakuru."
In English, it basically translates to "English Conversation Circle."
This class is held every Thursday night from 7PM to 9PM.

I recently started going there this past June, and I really enjoy it.
There are about 90 people (most being Japanese) who come and talk to each other in English.
12-15 tables are there for 6 or so people to sit at.

There are several levels of English conversation that everyone is divided to.
This is done so that people can sit and converse with others of the same level and skill.
I was nervous at first. Though, I soon got used to it and started to exchange views on various topics.
I find this class as a great opportunity to develop English conversation skills.
And the best part is, IT ONLY COSTS 500 YEN!
I encourage everyone to join us!!!

Kaatsu Training !!!

My body has definitry changed back to how it used to be a few years ago since I started to do Kaatsu Training.

Kaatsu Training is a workout with blood flow restriction.
The extension belts are put on thighs or arms near the shoulders to constrict blood flow.

The extension belt.

Putting on thighs.


This training promotes big muscle growth at low intensities.
The blood is pooling in arms or legs and it goes to a lot of the end of capillarys where it usualy does not go.

During this Training,apparently my brain "panics" and secrete a lot of growth hormone.

The growth hormone usually decreases gradually after aged 20.
I can keep it like people aged under 20 with this training.

It also keeps my skin smooth and my body in good shape.
I heard from a woman who works as a nurse that doctors give growth hormone to patients to help them relax.
That means this training is also efficient to maintain mental health.

Isn't it great?

Fukiware no Taki Water Fall - Gunma

[Views]
- Fukiware no Taki Water Fall
- Masutobi no Taki Water Fall
- River Side around the water falls

[Meal]
- Tokachi Soba(Many restaurants serve.)

[Getting there]
Public Transportation:
Approximately 50 minutes by JR Line from Tokyo station to Takasaki Station and 46minutes by JR Joetsu Line to Numata Station.
About 55 minutes to Fukiware no Taki Water Fall by Kanetsu Kotsu Bus.
Car:
Approximately 2.5 hours from Hakozaki IC on Shuto Kousoku Highway to Numata IC on Kanetsu Jidoshado Highway and 30 minutes by #120 National Route to parking lots near Fukiware no Taki Water Falls.

[Swing by]
A 1000 years old sacred tree(a zelkova serrata) at Hayao Jinja near Shibukawa IC on Kanetsu Jidoshado Highway.

[Recommendation]
Access：★★★★☆
Refreshments：★★★★☆
Meal：★★★☆☆

One of the 100 selected water falls in Japan is Fukiware no Taki Water Fall in Gunma prefecture.
It is a U-shaped waterfall with a height of 7 m and a width of 30 m.
Being called “the Niagara Falls of the East,” the water dynamically flows down into the basin.
There is lovely hiking right around and above the falls.


Masutobi no Taki Water Falls.

River side between Masutobi no Taki Water Fall and Fukiware no Taki Water Fall.

Fukiware no Taki
The foreside of Fukiware no Taki Water Fall with very wide and shallow river.
The sacred tree that aged more than 1000 at Hayao Jinja. We can see a lot of treatment for disease on tree. Please live more and keep a close watch for people.

[Information]
Numata City Tonemachi Shinkokyoku
Phone：0278-56-2111