Adventures in Japan

A Full Month In: More Hakodate (and Surrounds)

They have been calling for rain for a while now, but I don't know if it is ever going to show.


Today was glorious! The cloud covered mountain from yesterday? Clear as that really gross tasting Pepsi from years ago.

We took advantage of the weather and went hiking. There is a town near Hakodate called Onuma that has a couple of hiking trails. We hiked a couple of the couple. They were nice hikes. Plenty of green, plenty of blue, plenty of bridges.


Onuma, the town, is in the middle of two lakes - Onuma lake and Konuma lake (which are actually the same lake, but let's not go into that). There are numerous little land masses in the middles of these lakes, most of them interconnected by a series of bridges. Makes for lovely walking.


Shame then that my right leg ain't much for walking these days. It's not just my ankle that pops now. Something in my calf, a tendon or some such, snaps and twangs on occasion now too.


Even with the escalating pain in my leg, we had a good time in Onuma. We had wanted to go to Toyoko to hike around as well. But getting there and away is a bit of a bother. Don't know how all them world leaders are going to do it.


I leave you now with more pictures.