Apr 16, 2025
Nunobiki Falls in Kobe, Japan on 35mm
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Nunobiki Falls in Kobe, Japan on 35mm
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Japan week 3 grab bag
From Wednesday to Tuesday:
水 Blazing hot Matsuyama Castle - thank goodness for the Ehime mikan clementine juice!
木 (solo on second row) Spectacular and unforgettable, the ushi-oni matsuri "cow demon" parade at Uwajima!
金 (on top row because of vertical format) The famous Naruto whirlpools
土 Lunch at the beach at Sumoto, Awaji Island
日 After an outing with Tom & Kyoko from Osaka, evening atmos at Kôbe Port
月 After lunch with @emmyinjapan, the night view from Mt Maya with Celine and Ryu
火 Ontaki, Nunobiki's largest waterfall, a short hike up from Shin-Kôbe (but I took the ropeway and hiked down)
布引の滝
🌅 Sunset over Kobe City
With only a year of delay 🥁….
Japan Blog Part 3: Kobe 🥩
➡ hirami.de/kobe
Title: Nunobiki no Taki Akugenta Yoshihira no Naniwa Jirō o Utsu (~1880).
Description: Print shows the ghost of Taira no Tomomori crashing through waves to avenge the Taira naval defeat by the Minamoto forces during the Genpei War.
“Taira no Tomomori (平 知盛) (1152–1185) was the son of Taira no Kiyomori, and one of the Taira Clan's chief commanders in the Genpei War at the end of the Heian period of Japanese history.
At the Battle of Dan-no-ura, when the Taira were decisively beaten by their rivals,[3] Tomomori joined many of his fellow clan members in committing suicide. He tied an anchor to his feet and leapt into the sea”.
Artist: Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839-1892).
On my way down from Nunobiki Herb Garden :)
Nunobiki water reservoir which is the oldest concrete dam in Japan and was completed in 1900 :) It has been a scenic spot ever since and it is really nice to be there :) It is still used to supply Kobe with fresh water :)
The small path leading to it is surrounded by the dense growth of trees and brush :3 the stairs have giant steps that make one wonder how small people are supposed to get there but the amazing thing is that all along the way, which I had thought to be far off and probably not used by many people I encountered many couples or groups of people in their 60s or seventies (^-^;) They were walking and climbing with an ease I don’t remember seeing people their age display in Europe (^-^;) Except maybe for my material science professor who was in his 80s never took the elevator and was what could genuinely be described as a good sport :D He was really funny and just great :) <=He knew so many obscure material properties from the top of his hat! It was quite amazing to sit in his lectures not the least because he was using a big alarm clock he had found in a lab at some point as his pocket watch and was wearing a white lab coat all the time. Please pardon my nostalgia :)
It was quite nice to see the nice lush green against a backdrop of modern Kobe :) The waterfalls were nice to watch and to listen to and are 26 and 14 m tall and are known as the male and the female waterfalls (although I could not find out which one is which (^-^;)
The path was never too narrow and the water and the green around one made the heat quite bearable :) If I would live in Kobe I would visit this place quite often :)
I think the people designing and constructing this dam did a very nice job tying it into the surrounding landscape and it does speak for the Japanese how clean it is :) I hope to go there again at some point :) To me this is the hidden gem of Kobe that is well worth going to :)
I wish everyone a great weekend with sweet dreams of a place you feel at peace at (^-^)/
More photos from the Herb Garden because the hydrangeas were in season and they were gorgeous.