11/10/09 The view from Mt-Chougatake
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2011/10/09 蝶ヶ岳山頂からの、槍穂高の眺望です。三股から登りましたが、連休中日だったので駐車場は満杯。道路にも150台近くの車があふれていました。ご覧のとおりお天気は雲一つ無い快晴で、多くの登山者がパノラマを楽しんでいました。ただ、今年気になるのは、遠くは霞がかかった状態のお天気が多く、安曇野方面の眺望は今ひとつでした。
This is Karasawa Heute in Nagano, Japan. This panorama was taken around 5AM. Karasawa can be reached ...
Kamikōchi (上高地 Upper Highlands) is a remote mountainous highland in the western portion of Nagano Pre...
Kamikōchi (上高地 Upper Highlands) is a remote mountainous highland in the western portion of Nagano Pre...
Before sunrise. I went up to the Karasawadake left the lodge Hotakadake while still dim.Branch to ge...
日本第三位の標高を誇る奥穂高岳(3190m)の山頂のパノラマです。ここからは周囲を遮る事の無い視界を楽しめ、天気のいい日には富士山を望む事ができ、三方向に伸びる尾根をそれぞれたどれば北に槍ヶ岳、西に西穂...
奥穂高岳と涸沢岳の間の鞍部にある山小屋、穂高岳山荘のパノラマです。白出のコルと呼ばれるこの場所は多くの登山者が行き交う交差点のような場所です。南に行けば奥穂高岳を経て岳沢〜上高地。山頂へは急な岩場にかけ...
槍ヶ岳の山頂を少しだけ北鎌側に降りた場所で撮影したパノラマです。荒々しく赤い硫黄尾根とピラミッド状の北鎌尾根の独標がまず目に飛び込んできます。奥には笠ガ岳、双六岳、三俣蓮華、黒部五郎、薬師岳等など北アル...
北アルプスの主稜線にある南岳小屋は独特の雰囲気を持っていると感じる。長時間歩いた後にたどり着く山小屋の安心感は普段の生活の中ではなかなか感じる事ができない。テント場も冬期小屋もあり、まさに山のオアシスの...
The eight islands of Japan sprang into existence through Divine Intervention.
The first two gods who came into existence were Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto, the Exalted Male and Exalted Female. It was their job to make the land for people to live on.
They went to the bridge between heaven and earth and, using a jewel-encrusted halberd, Izanagi and Izanami churned up the sea into a frothy foam. As salty drips of water fell from the tip of the halberd the first island was formed. Its name was Onogoro.
So far, so good. But when Izanagi and Izanami first met on their island, Izanami spoke to Isanagi without being spoken to first. Since she was the female, and this was improper, their first union created badly-formed offspring who were sent off into the sea in boats.
The next time they met, Izanagi was sure to speak first, ensuring the proper rules were followed, and this time they produced eight children, which became the islands of Japan.
I'm sure you did not fail to miss the significance of this myth for the establishment of Japanese formal society.
At present, Japan is the financial capital of Asia. It has the second largest economy in the world and the largest metropolitan area (Tokyo.)
Technically there are three thousand islands making up the Japanese archipelago. Izanagi and Izanami must have been busy little devils with their jewelled halberd...
Japan's culture is highly technical and organized. Everything sparkles and swooshes on silent, miniaturized mechanisms.
They're a world leader in robotics, and the Japanese have the longest life-expectancy on earth.
Text by Steve Smith.
