Day 25 Visit to 100 Caves

Day 25 Visit to 100 Caves

by Donna Charles on Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 3:52am

Teresa picked me up at the JR Train station and we headed to visit the 100 caves. The caves are a hard location to find until you find them LOL........... I think it was 119 road that you can see them from. I had never noticed them being there until now. Teresa found our way to them and got out of car, I was amazed about these caves especially the history of them.

There was a bus load of seniors there also which Teresa was able to talk with one of them. : -) I climbed up the stairs and made my way over to one of the caves. I am so curious the Japanese during World War 11 had hid in these caves and lived there. They chiseled Buddha's in rock and each home has a different Buddha. This amazes me that people actually lived in these holes/caves they had made. I went into several of them and yes I had to duck down but the cave they built didn't go back very far. Guess you need to be able to keep an eye on what is going on outside.
After exploring some of the caves we then trucked on up to the top of the stairs which opened up into a big woods. There was a a cement shrine at the top of the hill which is the beginning to the woods. We When we got to the top and walked a few feet there was a drop off which scared the bee gee bees out of me. Here I am standing on the edge and looking down into this beautiful area filled with trees and rock and water stream. ; -D This is a place to come and relax so peaceful. We then ventured on around the hole in the ground and came upon 4 small cement Buddha shrines. You can tell they have been there a long time, maybe the people that used to live in the caves built them I don't know but that would make sense.
We came upon a huge lot of bamboo trees with some other tree mixed in with them. The green leaves were very bright GREEN and the leaves were so soft it was truly breathtaking. Took some photos then headed back down the hill. The cherry blossoms are really starting to pop and this also excites me the beauty and aroma that they bring is wonderful. At the bottom of the hill was a big shrine made of cypress. someone had broken out some windows so i took a picture of what was inside the shrine.

Time to leave the caves and try and find Central Park. Teresa tried hard to find but we could not so instead she took me to Bell Mall where I could shop at Uni Qlo which is somewhat like Old Navy notice i said somewhat. The sizing is not like USA everything is basically made small there also : -( I tried on several shirts but the arms were too small, very disappointed as i finally thought i had found a store that had clothes to fit me. I did find a vest and and a short sleeved sweater to fit me which is great because at least I got something that I wanted. : -) Bought a shirt for my cousin while I was there; hope he likes it.

Time to go home tired and want to be at home before Marlon gets home from work. Marlon got home at 8pm. We ate dinner with some VQD people and had a wonderful time.