It is
turning into the season of autumn color in Tokyo.
I had a
walk from Takao in Hachioji city, western Tokyo, through the Kobotoke Pass
(Tokyo- Kanagawa border) to Obara (Sagamihara City in Kanagawa Prefecture), as
a part of my Koshu Kaido Walk. The rout went through mountain area and I
enjoyed autumn color.
There
are hundreds of gingko trees at the sides of Koshu Kaido in Takao area. I found
that they had just changed into yellow. It was beautiful. Local “Gingko
Festival” was held.
I passed
old Komagino shukuba station area and
moved into mountainous area. I climbed a steep pass through cedar and other
trees, then I arrived at the Kobotoke Pass.
It is 548 meter high and is the
border between Tokyo Metropolitan area and Kanagawa Prefecture.
There
were many hikers and climbers in the area. They all enjoyed the autumn color. “Walking in the nature” is getting
more popular among Japanese.
The
railway tunnel of JR Chuo Line runs under the Kobotoke Pass.
The Chuo
Highway runs at the side of the mountains in the area. The highways were
supported by more than 30 meter-high bridge piers in some places. They went
into tunnels through the mountains in other places. Seeing such scenes, I felt “surrealistic”
impressions.
Beautiful
mountains, autumn color and “surrealistic” highways scenes -- all reflect the reality
of Japanese society.
I walked
down to Obara shukuba station. It is
more than 60 kilometers from Nihonbashi.
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