Today is a day to commemorate the dropping the atomic bomb at Hiroshima. Remember victims of the atomic bombs. We aim for a world free of nuclear wepons.
On July 30 , after waking around Hakkoda and Oirase, We had a plesure boat ride at Towada Lake. A bronze statue of Otomenoirnori by Kotaro Takamura could be seen at the edge of the lake. It may be the symbol of Towada lake.
It was lucky that we happened to visit Oirase-keiryu on July 30. Just on that day it recovered from being closed from traffic due to Tohoku earthquke on July 24. We could have comfortable walking from Kumoi to Towada lake for 2 hours.
We had the oportunity to watch Hirosaki nebuta parade on August 1. It was so nice that we are unconcious the passage of time. We could recover from that day's walking fatigue of Shirakami-sanchi.
Hiraizumii was passed over for World Heritage designation this year. We associate Hiraizumi with Chuson-ji. Konjikido where photograpy is prohibited apeals the startling shade of gold.
The 3-rd waterfall of anmon is scanic. The buna forest leads us to this waterfall from Shirakami green villeage. This is the area declared a World Heritage site.