[Gassan, Yamagata, 2014.5.25]

Gambare!

[Guess Where This Is]

[Guess Where This Is]

From the Hyakuman-nin Gelaende at Zao?

[Stone thingy]

Interesting, Mr. Wiggles, I had no idea.

 

Which led me to wonder why the heck the kanji is "wind tree," but Wikipedia tells me that the proper kanji was originally actually something else, but that other kanji didn't make it into the Joyo Kanji list. The wind-tree kanji, which did make it, came from another tree (pronounced "fuu") that looks kind of like the kaede.

 

Learn something new every day!

[Stone thingy]

On the subject of trees, all the dogwoods (yamaboushi for the white Japanese one, or hanamizuki for the pink American one) are in bloom here at the moment. There's quite a lot of them along the road.

 

These trees confuse me. We planted what we thought was a hanamizuki (magnolia, I thought), but it turned out to be a yamaboushi. Doesn't look like a dogwood to me, though (which we had when I was a kid).

 

Then there's kobushi, which I thought was supposed to be a dogwood, but Wikipedia claims is a magnolia...

 

Not really sure what is what any more, in either language...

[Guess Where This Is]

Is it here?

 

 

Haha, that would have been my next hint, Hint 19 (next number in the prime number series).

 

Hint 2: Asahi-chan (Hi gg! )

Hint 3: Salad. Asahi-mura is on the サラダ街道.

Hint 5: Kamijo Tsunehiko, singer from Asahi-mura

Hint 7: Base area

Hint 11: Prime Minister Abe

Hint 13: Asahi Pentax 50 mm f1.4 prime lens

 

All pointing to Asahi Prime ski area, in Asahi-mura, Nagano.

 

Your turn, onehunga.

[Guess Where This Is]

Not Iwappara

[Guess Where This Is]

Not Hunter Mountain.

 

Hint 17:

[Guess Where This Is]

Hint 13:

 

[Guess Where This Is]

Not Adatara.

[Guess Where This Is]

Hint 11:

[Guess Where This Is]

Hint 7:

[Guess Where This Is]

No, but it will get you another hint.

 

Hint 5:

[Guess Where This Is]

Nice try, gg.

 

Hint 3:

[Guess Where This Is]

Not Kawaba.

 

Hint 2:

[Guess Where This Is]

Ok, where's this?

[Guess Where This Is]

Biwako Valley?

Yes, very good MO

 

Lucky guess. Somehow had that feeling to it.

[Guess Where This Is]

Biwako Valley?

[Beachwear]

I thought that was the latest Mt. Granview winter hikingwear.

Are you telling me it is meant for summer?

 

Kids these days, so pampered.

[Guess Where This Is]

You're good, onehunga.

 

Nishikawa Chomin it is, just down the road a piece from St Mary.

 

Take it.

[Guess Where This Is]

Not St Mary

[Guess Where This Is]

Where is this?

 

[Guess Where This Is]

I shall do my best to cun.

[Guess Where This Is]

Akagisan Daiichi

[Ah, I feel better now (sayonara Facebook)]

Haven't got time for Facebook, Twitter etc.

 

Spend enough time here as it is...