Saturday we went out towards Lake Towadako. It’s about an hour and a half drive from us. We got a little lost in the beginning (my bad directions off the internet!), so it took us a bit longer. The drive out that way was nice and we passed by all sorts of little farms, rice paddies, and saw some pretty hills. Oirase Gorge leads to the lake and is about 14 kilometers. There is a path along the river and the road, which we decided to hike. We got about half-way and decided to turn around. Rhino got a little tired and cranky in his carrier and it was very humid. I think we did pretty well, though. In about 3-1/2 hours we did a total of almost 9 miles. We plan on going back on Thursday to finish up what we didn’t see and hopefully get to hang out some at the lake, too. Here are some photos of our hike.

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