July and August I had a lot of work at the office and was much more tired than I expected. I prefered taking a rest and longer sleep to exercising. In the mid of this month, I took one week off to refresh myself. Everyone has their own ways of refreshing. As for me, it is to stimulate muscles. Due to lack of exercise, I had not sweated for a few weeks. I remembered the good place for exercising.
I drove my car to my destination. Sweating profusely, I went up many stone steps, step by step literally until I took a fresh deep breath.
Some Shinto shrines welcomed me and others who had finished going up.
I still had stamina to climb the mountain. I love good smell mixed with variety of trees. This straw rope with pieces of lightning shaped paper shows that the inside is a sacred zone.
A big cedar and the blue sky refreshed me, too.
Thanks a lot.
Thanks a lot.
I love the mystery and agelessness of stone steps, and these ones rewarded you with a visit to those beautiful shrines.
ReplyDelete--Jim
Those stone steps look a very good climb!
ReplyDeleteI love the picture of the cedar tree,doesn't it look lovely against that sky!
All the best Jan
Beautiful place for exercise and fresh air! Lovely to see the shrines at the top and the pathway into the sacred forest.
ReplyDeleteThe steps and the Japanese scenery, all look so exotic to my eyes!
ReplyDeleteHappy October!
Olympia
That's a beautiful place !!
ReplyDeleteGreat photos !!
Hapyy weekend !
Look at those steps, what a great picture! That would be a good place to get exercise for sure. The lightening shaped paper and the story behind it is interesting. You always take the most delightful pictures, my friend.
ReplyDelete~Sheri
ps thank you for your comments. I appreciate them very much. :)
Good for you for making it to the top of those steps! After that great workout, you can reward yourself with a pumpkin spice frappucino from Starbucks! Ha!
ReplyDeleteWow! Those are a lot of stairs to climb just to get to the beginning of the mountain walk. It looks like a beautiful place to walk through, and I'll bet the fresh air and trees smelled amazing!
ReplyDeleteWendy
How wonderful ! It looks the perfect place to recharge , and by the look of all those steps I think you had a good work out ! Gail x
ReplyDeleteHi Jim,
ReplyDeleteIn the mountain, I felt the agelessness.
Hi Jan,
Yes. The cedar tree looks fine under the blue sky.
Hi Karen,
The air in the mountain refreshed me well.
Hi Olympia,
Why don't you find time to visit here?
Hi Sheri,
It was a great excise for me.
Hi Margie,
It is very interesting to know about folklore anywhere in the world.
Hi Ela,
I took the photos to refresh me again when I was busy.
Hi Wendy,
I love the smell in the forest.
Hi Gail,
I sweat heavily during my exercise on many steps.
Looks like a wonderful place to exercise and I enjoyed seeing your lovely photos.
ReplyDeletehappy weekend
Carolyn