Tuesday 11 November 2008

Lake Towada

Well it's 3 months since I started going out with Yuuri so I took her to Lake Towada, just outside Aomori prefecture. We rode the bus for 2hrs until we reached Mount Hakkoda. I got tickets to ride the cable car to the top. 

By now the top was already covered in snow. It's hard to believe these pictures were on the same day because of the amount of sunshine at the bottom and the amount of snow at the top. It was very beautiful. 

After that we got back on the bus for an hour until we saw the streams leading to the lake. We saw the beautiful waterfalls and rapid waters. We walked for about another hour and got the bus the rest of the way.

We stayed one night at Towada Hotel which looked out onto the lake. The view was extraorindary. We had a nice Japanese style meal and got in our Yukata's and made our way to the hotsprings. I relaxed in the sauna and bathed in hotsprings for about an hour. However they are very hot and I think an hour was all I could take.

The next morning we took a walk round the shrine in the forest. The cliffs and the tall trees made quite a sight. The shrine itself was really eeire but lovely to visit. By noon we took the ferry round the lake and took one last look at the waterfalls before heading back home on the coach.

We both had such a great time. It was the first time I got to spend some real time with Yuuri, just me and her. Next month she will be busy so I don't think we can do much, plus it's getting cold here and she can't stay with me so much. I will only see her on weekends for a few hours after work. I still haven't met her father but I hope to soon. 

Here are some videos of the trip:


Yuuri by a waterfall


This is the shrine in the forest



Dancing Yuuri in a yukata



Yuuri taking a picture in the cable car to mount Hakkoda



Hello Mum and Dad



Talking to Yuuri

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