Thu 24 Aug 2006
There are two roads down the hill from Matsunaga to the University. One is the longer road that the bus takes, and the other is the more direct route that I use to walk to te University. But there is a third path further around the hill that is only for pedestrians. There are steps down past a small cemetary nestled in the hillside. At the bottom was the telltale red railing and steps up to a wooded hill. At the top was a gate and a small temple. Back down the hill were more rice fields that are hidden from the main roads. One the way back up the hill I stopped at cemetary. It is fascinating the old and new side by side. This place seemed especially old and isolated. On the way back up to Matsunaga, you could see the valley below and the mountais on the other side. Just before getting home, I snapped one of my favorite pictures: two schoolboys walking up the hill with Mt.Bandai in the distance.