I had to explore this path and it lead to a nice area to take the previous picture-
I found some roads not on the map that went up and up and...
The road along the ridgeline was AMAZING. The view, not so much. But the twisties! Left, right, left, right. And, without seeing another human being for the whole hour of that. The road was in great condition until..
An avalanche had covered the road and instead of removing the rubble, they just turned into a little hill of a road.
We soon came out onto a main road that cruises along the tops of other mountains. Notice something? Like the absolute lack of any sign of civilization? It was a first for me. 和歌山だから (because, its Wakayama).
In the back is a huge hydrangea farm and in the front is a nice Honda Beat and a beat van-
I realized that my car doesn't like high altitude. Gotta keep that in mind. Anyway, the road led us straight to Koya-san, the place we visited the winter before.
The place is huge and was great to explore since last time we didn't get to see too much.
Graves everywhere and some of them are just insane-
No picture taking was allowed past this bridge. Pretty religious place.
People chuck water on these statues for good luck-
A big rock hanging-
Some of the graves were just ridiculous. Here is a grave for maybe the founder of UCC coffee-
How about a rocket grave?
After this we leisurely went home with a last impression of Wakayama with us. That place is amazing and I can't wait to go back. That might prove harder for obvious reasons. One you might not know about is the landslides and such since the recent typhoons. The place is a mess with dozens of people dead and missing. The lack of roads in such a large place makes accessing anywhere there very difficult. I hope to find out for myself sometime soon.
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