立浪草（タツナミソウ）skullcap

　一本の軸に多数の花が付いており、それがうねる大波に見えることから、タツナミソウと名付けられたそうです。

　Many flowers are attached to a stem, and it seems that it was named "Tatsunami-so" because it looks like a big swell wave.

　The first half of the Japanese name "Tatsunami" means ruffling, and the second half "so" means grass.

葛飾北斎-神奈川沖浪裏
Katushika Hokusai - Kanagawa oki nami ura

安藤広重-駿河国佐田沖の海
Ando Hiroshige - The Sea at Satta, Suruga Province

　広重は安藤家に生まれたので、安藤広重と呼ばれましたが、歌川派の絵師として活躍したので、現在は歌川広重と呼ぶのが一般的です。1980年ころからその呼び名が変わったようです。私は古い人間なので、歌川広重と聞くと何か違和感を感じます。

　Hiroshige was born into the Ando family, so he was called Ando Hiroshige , but he was active as a painter of the Utagawa school, so it is common to call him Utagawa Hiroshige  today. The name seems to have changed since the 1980s. I am an elderly person, so when I hear Utagawa Hiroshige, I feel something strange.

拝む地蔵 worshipping jizo

　お地蔵様は、普通は右手に杖、左手に数珠を持っています。合掌するお地蔵様も見かけますが、顔の直前で両手を合わせている姿は珍しいです。さらに、お地蔵様の集団に会うのは初めてです。

　二枚目の写真で、光を放っているのは太陽の光を反射する賽銭です。超常現象を捉えたわけではありません。

　Jizo is a guardian deity of children, and is placed on the roadside as a stone statue in the shape of a monk.

　Jizo usually holds a cane in its right hand and a rosary in its left hand. You can see Jizo with her hands together once in a while, but it is rare to see Jizo with her hands together just in front of her faces. Besides, it was my first time I met a group of Jizos.

　In the second photo, the thing emitting light is the money offering that reflects the sunlight. It was not the paranormal.

しめ縄 sacred rope of rice straw

　ボランティアと思われる人たちが、割れた岩同士をしめ縄で、結ぼうとしているようですが、リーダー不在でなかなか作業がはかどりません。そのうちに、みんなが勝手なことを言いだして、だんだん雰囲気が険悪になってきました。

　People who seem to be volunteers are trying to tie the broken rocks together with a sacred Shinto rope of rice straw, but the work is not going well due to the absence of a leader. After a while, everyone began to say selfish things, and the atmosphere gradually became strained.

　Shinto believers believe that evil spirits cannot get in where a sacred rope of rice straw, "しめ縄 shime-nawa" in Japanese, is stretched.

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二段の滝 two-tiered waterfall

　地元の方から滝の存在を教えていただき、寄り道をして見てきました。

　この滝は、落差が約20mとあまり大きくはありませんが、上下の２つの滝つぼの青色がとても印象的です。紅葉の時期にまた行きたいです。

　One local let me know the waterfall existence, so I took a detour to see it.

　This waterfall is not very large with a fall of about 20m, but the two upper and lower blue color basins are very impressive. I want to come again here for the fall leaf season.

気楽に行けるが feel free to go, but

　手前の饅頭状の膨らみは、小さな溶岩ドームだと思います。粘度の高い溶岩が、小さな噴火口から押し出された直後に固まったのでしょう。

　ロープウェイのお陰で、通勤用の革靴でここまで来てしまいました。便利ですが危険ですね。

　I think the bun-shaped bulge in the foreground is a small lava dome. I suppose high viscosity lave solidified immediately after it was extruded from the small crater.

　I used the ropeway and came here easily with leather shoes for commuting. There are dangers hiding behind the convenience. 

飲み比べ sake tasting

　９つの日本酒を飲み比べました。

　甘いの、辛いの、すっぱいの、濃いのや、薄いのと、それぞれが異なる味です。味の表現は難しいのですが、お互いに個々のお酒の個性を語りながら、ゆったりと食事を楽しみました。

　日本酒の酒蔵数は、全国で1,400、銘柄は1万以上といわれていまが、その数は年々減ってきています。日本酒は、米と水から作られる日本の文化です。この日本の文化を絶やさないよう、私は毎晩日本酒を飲み続けています（笑）。

　We drank a set of nine Japanese sakes to compare to. Sweet, spicy, sour, rich and thin, each has a different taste. It is difficult to express the taste, but we enjoyed our meal in a relaxed way while commenting on the individuality of each sake.

　It is said that there are 1,400 sake breweries throughout the country, with over 10,000 brands, but the number is decreasing from year to year. Sake is a Japanese culture made from rice and water. I drink sake every evening to keep this Japanese culture alive (lol).

飲泉（いんせん）drinking hot spring water

　飲泉とは、温泉水を飲むことです。病気の回復などに効能があるとかないとか。この飲泉場では、コップ３杯飲むとお腹をこわすそうです。これは本当らしい。

　It is said that drinking hot spring water is effective in relieving illness, but the truth is not well understood. Here, they say that if you drink three glasses of this water, you will get diarrhea. This seems real.