THE SCENERY OF THOSE WERE THE DAYS.

Good old scenery is left in various parts of Japan.  At first we visited Kinosaki hot spring area in Hyogo.

　　　　　　　　懐かしき風景の町を訪ねました。　まずは 城崎温泉です。

Kinosaki hot spring area is located along this Maruyamagawa river.

円山川に沿って温泉街は続きます。

Kinosaki town.

小さな温泉宿と外湯巡りがこの街の特徴です。

There are many public hot spring bath houses in this town.

Goshono yu bath house.

御所の湯です。

Ichinoyu bath house.

一の湯です。

Jizouyu bath house.

地蔵湯です。

We would walk in these wooden clogs wearing yukata or summer kimono wear.

下駄を履いて歩きます。

A sea food restraunt.

シーフードレストランです。

A fish store.

魚屋です。

Then we went Ineno-Funaya houses in Kyoto.

次は伊根の舟屋です。

The views of sea from the funaya houses and that of funaya houses from sea are beautiful.

伊根湾に有ります。

Funaya houses consist of a fishing boat garage in the first floor and living rooms in the second floor.

一階が船のガレージ、二階は居間です。

One of  the black tailed gulls would come to near our sightseeing boat wanting to get feed.

ウミネコが遊覧船に近づいて来ました。

A young black tailed gull.

まだ若いウミネコです。

Then we went to Miyama town in Kyoto to look for tatched roof houses.

茅葺きの家を訪ねて美山町に行きました。

Thatched roof houses and Kitayama cedar forest.

北山杉の林が美しいです。

 

There are beautiful flowers in this town.

Trumpet creeper flowers.

ノウゼンカズラです。

Balloon flowers.

キキョウです。

A rose of Sharon.

ムクゲです。

 

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