Mizugaura

　　I was invited to join the long ride event held by Jousei Driving School. I had the designated day off and I replied yes, promptly. The destination was Mizugaura, which is well-known by its distinctive landscape. This is the link to images of Mizugaura and I hope you'll realize the diligence of common Japanese people. As you know, Japan is a small country and land suitable for cultivation is really limited. People had to utilize even such places as you see in the picture as potato fields. Before cars and conveyers, farmers had to carry night soil for plant food up the hill on a pole. It must have been unbelievably tough work. I drew the outward route on the Google Map and the southern end of the red line on the map was the destination, Mizugaura. I'll show a picture of a squid in the next entry, which was caught here.
　　Two shops of KAWASAKI and BMW, both of which are famous motorcycle manufacturers joined the event with several items as gifts for us. The picture shows the gifts which they gave me. The weather was fine and the wind was really comfortable, though it was late autumn.
　　An instructor told me his next plan and invited me to join it. It was a two-days' ride in May and you subscribers will also see the beautiful pictures of the Sea of Japan in this blog. Expect them!

Route Map

(Vocabulary)
human excrement / human waste  し尿
night soil 人糞（human excrement）の婉曲表現
yoke（人が荷物を運ぶための）てんびん棒
carry ~ on a pole ～をてんびん棒でかつぐ