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| The parking lot was free but it was 300 yen to cross the bridge. With all the other extras it was about 1800 yen each but totally worth it!! |
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| The Iwakuni Castle up on the mountain. You can hike up to it (which we want to do next time when we have a few more extra hours) or take the rail car. |
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| Too bad you can't go rafting here... too shallow. |
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| View from the bridge. |
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| These are the cherry blossom trees that are apparently STUNNING in March when they bloom. |
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| The Kintai area is known for its soft serve ice cream. Each stand had about 100 flavors to choose from! |
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| It's finally fall here so the leaves are changing. The average temp is still in the 50's most days. |
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| The map of the Kintai area. |
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| There were a lot of beautiful shrines and fountains. |
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| Looks like they're right under the spray doesn't it? |
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| Nick and Neda tell us we're very "Americana"... they mean that in a nice way ;-) |
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| The view from the rail car. Not gonna lie, it was kinda scary. They packed us in this little rail car like sardines. |
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| View from the top. Straight ahead is the Marine Corps Air Station (we're a "station" not a "base") |
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| Iwakuni Castle |
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| Joel and me being "Americana" |
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| The inside of the castle was a museum with tons of artifacts... mostly Samurai swords, but other cool things like this ex-gargoyle :) |
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| Our house is in this picture.... way off in the distance on the side of a mountain. |
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| Close up of the Kintai Bridge from the top of the Castle. |
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| Every 15 minutes this clock would light up and play a tune. |
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| We weren't too adventurous with our ice cream choices... Joel got Vanilla with Adzuki Beans and I got a Chocolate/Local Specialty Vanilla Blend. We could have gotten flavors like green tea, curry or garlic... maybe next time. :-p Glad to know we have a place so cool so close to us! Anyone who comes to visit is getting this tour for sure. |
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