- December 15, 2008 8:06 AM
- Trip
週末は「遠いところに行きたい！」と言う和佳子と一緒に長野の戸隠へおでかけ。いやー、長野の寒さをちょっと甘く見たね。ボローニャよりはるかに寒い。雪積もってるし。本当は戸隠神社の5社全てを廻りたかったのだけど、雪が積もっていて危険という風に言われ、断念。残念ー。でも今回は宿坊に泊まり、しかも客は私達二人のみ。こんな寒い時に来るのは私達くらい？ここはスキー場の近くでもあるから冬場はスキー客で賑わうらしい。ちょうと何もない、空いている時に行ったみたい。宿坊もよかったし、お料理も美味しかったし（久々の、ザ・和食！って感じ？）良い週末でした。
Went to Togakushi Shrine in Nagano over the weekend with my friend, Wakako. I didn't think it would be SO cold... Much colder compared to Bologna and we were both freezing the entire time. In the winter time, Togakushi gets crowded with many skiers but I guess we went before ski season so we were actually the only customers at the place we stayed at. By the way, for those of you who have never heard of Togakushi... Here's an explanation I found... "Togakushi-jinja (Shrine) stands in the midst of a wood with cedar trees that are over a hundred years old, just at the foot of the precipice of Mt. Togakushi. It consists of three shrines - the lower shrine is Hoko-sha (Treasure of Light), the second Chu-sha (Middle Shrine) and the third Oku-sha (Deep Sanctuary). They were built at intervals of roughly two kilometres. These shrines are dedicated to mythological gods and each has a long history." So, we wanted to go to all of the shrines but as it snowed, we were told it's too dangerous so we couldn't, which was really too bad... Well hopefully next year!
