Aso-san. You look around in every direction, and the caldera wall is over 10 miles away. Amazing hikes, all day.
Category: Japan
Post Card From Kyushu
Hey C and D. Two post cards for you, mailed from the middle of a huge volcano caldera. (Aso.)
Steam Fills the Sky
Sitting in a hotel in Aso, Kyushu, set in massive caldera. Steam is filling the sky above the volcano.
Photo Op on a Train
Hey C and D Wish you could meet my new Japanese friend. He spoke a few words of English.
Train to Somewhere
Train waited while folks got off to sample tea and baked sweet potato. I then hiked the hills and forest.
Hiking Sock Dryer (TM)
Sunday morning. Introducing the Phase 3 Hiking Sock Dryer. A must for every backpacker.
Mt. Sakurajima
Rising sun. Mt Sakurajima (volcano, erupts daily) across Kagoshima Bay from hotel. Today I’ll climb it.
Operating Instructions
My young nephews would have fun with this.
Almost Kagoshima
On the bullet train, looking forward to a couple nights in Kagoshima. Tomorrow? I have no idea.
Japan Plan for a Plan
My plan for a plan while I’m in Japan.