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Wooden Crocodiles, | October, 2023 - Lake Towada, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Samsung NX300 - Photography by Veronica Vestal (@shinrin.lens via IG)
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Wooden Crocodiles, | October, 2023 - Lake Towada, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Samsung NX300 - Photography by Veronica Vestal (@shinrin.lens via IG)
Lake Towada 十和田湖 Lake Towada is otherworldly in its beauty with extremely clear water that reflects deep blues and emerald greens. It's a double caldera lake and it's the largest crater lake on Honshu, the main island in Japan. 十和田湖はすごく綺麗なところでした。本州で一番大きなカロデラ湖てます。湖の色がピカピカして、この世のものとも思えません。 Quiet lakeside town, Yasumiya, is the portal to exploring Lake Towada. Yasumiya is nestled between the borders of Aomori and Akita prefecture. It's an extremely sleepy town with most of the shops and restaurants closing around 5pm, but it is perfect for slowing down, relaxing, and just simply enjoying life. 十和田湖に行けば、休屋町は良い止まっているところです。青森と秋田県の間で、休屋町はすごく静かな町だけど、そこでゆくっり楽しんでいます。 I think I forgot how much I missed being so close to the water and being surrounded by mountains. Coming from Vancouver, Lake Towada felt like a nostalgic vacation that I would take while back home. 私はカナダのバンクーバーから来たん、バンクーバーは海や山の中心のところです。そのためで、十和田湖はすごく懐かしなところと思います。
Snake in the bathroom.
Rural school problems.
April 30th The last day of April~ this also means I am one and a half month here already! Today I made a bike tour. Actually, I wanted to drive all around the lake (yes, I thought about it again), but after I drove around for one hour and checked my position, I found out I had almost one sixth of the whole way done and so I decided to just go back instead of continuing. The main reason for this decision were the mountains and my bike. I had to get off several times, because it was impossible for me to drive up a road. It just got harder and harder to move my legs and even though I did my best, I always became slower and slower and almost fell, so I had to get off and walk to the top and then drive back down again. It was quite exhausting and when I did my break after an hour and I found out that I didn’t get as far as I thought (once again), I just decided to drive back and relax the rest of the day. Another reason for this decision is, that tomorrow, my training will officially begin. I will start my training-plan for the half marathon (my first whole one) in October and I don’t want to be completely worn out from riding my bike for ages today. I am already very excited and can’t wait to start jogging again. Especially at such a beautiful spot like this one~ Now I will take a shower and then maybe watch some videos and go to bed.
April 28th Today I moved from Sendai to Towadako. A huge lake in Aomori prefecture. I can tell you: It’s beautiful! But let’s start this morning. I got up at 5:30 and started to pack everything and then left my Hotel to take the Shinkansen to Hachinohe Station. From here I took the only Bus that drives to the lake and after more than 4 hours, I arrived at the lake. The travel in the Shinkansen was amazing! You don’t really feel how fast it goes but you can imagine when you see everything flying by at an immense speed. I was able to see some beautiful spots from the train and I enjoyed the ride a lot. The tour with the bus was somehow even better. Our bus driver was very kind and always stopped for a while at every photo spot so I could take several pictures of our surroundings when we got to the lake. And the lake…. Oh my god it’s so damn beautiful! I can’t believe it! I will have a great time here for sure (no sightseeing, only relaxing, watching Anime and spending much time at that gorgeous lake!). I really hope the weather will be good while I stay here and I also hope for it to get warmer. It’s only 13 degree Celsius right now and I got used to these 20 or more from Sendai… So I’d love to have some more… heat around. But as long as it stays sunny I am happy~
Made the mistake of meowing at this little guy and he tried to follow us inside.
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