Daisen Day 2:

We stayed at Daisen mountain on Saturday night but arrived too late to see anything because of a little run in with a radar gun and a smurf on a motorcycle. The hotel had a beautiful big outdoor onsen which was perfect after climbing the mountain a few hours before. My legs were aching but after some cold beer a soak in the onsen and some beautiful tuna sashimi for dinner i felt like gold. The next morning we went to Daisenji temple and were lucky enough to see the sitting statue of Amida and were actually allowed to take photos inside the temple on that day.




next we went to the base of the mountain. It's known as mini mount Fuji because of the shape and is often used in movies to look like mount fuji. Early in the morning was really hazy so couldn't really see the autumn leaves clearly but the mountain was still amazing.

It looks really small here but from a distance looks huge. It's not actually
a single mountain but part of a range. From different views it actually looks
like a camel this being the head and the next picture being the back.





This is what we came her to see. One of the most beautiful sights
i've ever seen. There was a traffic jam all the way around the mountain
as it was the peak viewing weekend for Koyo (autumn leaves)

for our last meal we had lamb yakiniku. It was sooooooo good.
i'd forgotten how good lamb tastes. I didn't eat for about 12 hours
after i'd finished here. Could hardly walk out. I hadn't realised but
this was the first time i'd eaten lamb in over a year. Can't wait to have
some lamb chops on the bbq when i go home in a few months.