On my first full day at the island I went to Yakusugi Land. I went by bus in the morning, and thanks to the explanation of the nice lady at the tourist information center, I was able to see the Kikensugi cedar of 3000 years old first. It was pretty impressive and unfortunately my camera was too ‘small’ to photograph it as a whole…
Then I went to Yakusugiland by bus. I was the only person in the bus, because the tourist season had already ended. The mountainroads weren’t very wide so at times it was a little scary. At the Yakusugiland center I got off, paid the fee and went to walk in the forest for about… two or three hours I think. The forest was LOVELY, with lots of old cedar trees (sugi) but I was also very charmed by the rivers and the bridges used to cross them. Whereas hiking in my own country isn’t that hard, it was pretty hard here because the path was covered in roots and you had to be really careful where you put your feet. My ankles and knees were also still painful from falling in Nagoya, but fortunately I didn’t twist them again. During my hike I only saw two other people, probably because I chose one of the longest routes. There was a deer at the parking lot, it was very cute :)
So, after my hike I took the bus back to Anbo, and then went back to the hotel on Onoaida where I bought some food at the conbini. I had dinner at the hotel again, again lots of dishes that were unfamilair to me but tasted very good! I especially liked the sashimi (raw fish). Again, I went to bed quite early.
