Mt Aso

Hostel, Aso Base had the best view!!!

Leaving Nagasaki was a bit rushed and I felt I didn’t give Noz enough hugs before we went through the gates. She was an absolute champion helping us secure our tickets for the next few sections of travel. After a few fancy xxpants Shinkansen trains, we ended up on an Agatha Christie esque train that meandered through the countryside at a bit of an amble.

It gave us time to take snaps and as the train had barely any people, we could all jump from seat to seat to admire the views

Everyday farm and country town scenes

Its was really relaxing

It was exciting to see the mountain ranges appear

Love seeing the rivers

When we got to Aso, we has a few hours to kill before we could check in, so we wandered all over the place.

Thanks to Rachel for this and the following pics. All mine are on the Nikon.

I’d always wanted to visit Mt Aso… Back in my days of living in Japan, I used to collect phone cards… They had lots of cool pictures and designs. One of my favs were the Mt Aso photos.

Basically there is a big ring of mountains and the area is collectively known as Mt Aso

It was pretty easy to take the bus up to the crater on the first day. Amazing seeing the venting steam billowing out.

BTW last eruption was 2021 I think.

Rugged and beautiful scenery!!

We opted out of doing the big climb on the first day… We knew it was going to take time and we’d spent so much time oggling the steam and surrounds, we felt safer to come back on a dedicated climbing mission,

So we found another smaller hike behind the museum and shops to do… And it was lovely… Quiet with gorgeous views

We were super lucky with the weather too

Spectacular!

Time to head back and indulge in the hot springs..

I can’t show you pictures of Rachel And I in the bathhouse… You’re welcome lol… But it was amazing to bathe in water heated by a volcano!

And I have the perfect onsen bag… Kitty in the bath haha

Anyway, I need to bug Rachel for photos of our climb the next day.

we just got into Kochi in Shikoku this afternoon!! We are all done for the day and in bed… Like it’s not even 8pm haha. So sad.

xxx