Some scenery pictures today. Tetsu and I went up to Lake Chuzenji which is a famous resort area in Japan. It wasn't cold but I wore my down jacket anyway.
Lake Chuzenji is only 30 minutes from our house but getting to it entails going up a winding mountain road, also famous in Japan. I posted about that before
here, and you can see some some fantastic professional photographs of the curvy road up the mountain on that past post.
Because the autumn season is so popular it is hard to beat the traffic up the mountain so Tetsu and I left a bit before 6:00 am. We drove up to a point overlooking the lake and then spent two hours walking around the moors of the area.
At 7:00 there were only the hard-nosed hikers and photographers out, but by 9:00 there were busloads and busloads of people!
Farther up the mountain past other lakes and waterfalls, there was a "Phantom Lake" which appeared in the Senjo Moor about a month ago. Normally this area is a moor, not a lake, but what with all the rain and typhoons in September a lake appears every few years. (Not every year.)
This is what everyone was out to see and photograph!
Most hikers were carrying huge telescopic lens cameras and were climbing up the side of the hill to get a good shot. The lone white birch there is a particularly loved landmark called the Noblewoman who stands alone on the misty moor.
This was the best I could do with my little Sony Cyber-shot. Still, not bad!
Lake Chuzenji is only 30 minutes from our house but getting to it entails going up a winding mountain road, also famous in Japan. I posted about that before here, and you can see some some fantastic professional photographs of the curvy road up the mountain on that past post.
Because the autumn season is so popular it is hard to beat the traffic up the mountain so Tetsu and I left a bit before 6:00 am. We drove up to a point overlooking the lake and then spent two hours walking around the moors of the area. 
At 7:00 there were only the hard-nosed hikers and photographers out, but by 9:00 there were busloads and busloads of people!
Farther up the mountain past other lakes and waterfalls, there was a "Phantom Lake" which appeared in the Senjo Moor about a month ago. Normally this area is a moor, not a lake, but what with all the rain and typhoons in September a lake appears every few years. (Not every year.) 
This is what everyone was out to see and photograph! 
Most hikers were carrying huge telescopic lens cameras and were climbing up the side of the hill to get a good shot. The lone white birch there is a particularly loved landmark called the Noblewoman who stands alone on the misty moor.
This was the best I could do with my little Sony Cyber-shot. Still, not bad!
10 comments:
Beautiful pictures.
Did you check out the Kegon falls? I've never seen so much water in the Senjo Moor. Whenever I see those cameras with those telephoto lenses I start looking for exotic birds, not trees! I think your little cyber-shot did a good job!
Beautiful. I could see you making one of Karen Eckmeier's little landscapes of the lake. :-)
Lovely, Tanya, lovely...hard to find adequate words to express the beauty...hugs, Pat in IN...
Absolutely stunning.Your photos tell us and show us the beauty,I like the last one the best.Well done Tetsu to drive up that winding hairpin road, and of course back down again.What a wonderful day's outing for you both.
Cheers from Jean
Such a beautiful place. I enjoyed seeing the photos from the past and the new ones are lovely too. The "Noblewoman" shot is great, but so are they all.
Such a beautiful area. Thank you for sharing it with us.
I am back to reading the blog after 5 chilly days without power after the recent storm in the Northeast US! Yeah!
Beautiful photos! I live in Tokyo and we don't travel outside too often - I love seeing all the places you go and pictures you share on your blog. I can't remember how I discovered you, but I'm glad I did!
I am also thinking:
photo = landscape quilt.
I liked to hear about the life and times in your corner of the world.
These are gorgeous photos Tanya. Looks like a fun trip. I think traveling and making precious memories is very important, and we do need to take a break from quilting now and then to make the memories.
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