{"id":1578,"date":"2024-05-27T09:44:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T09:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/?p=1578"},"modified":"2024-05-27T10:43:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T10:43:03","slug":"japan-27-erez-and-ema-adventure-part-3-mt-shirataki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/?p=1578","title":{"rendered":"Japan #27: Erez and Ema Adventure part 3 – Mt Shirataki"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After we finished at the Innoshima Flower Center we found the starting point for our hike up Mt. Shirataki. The internet said it was about a 30 minute climb if we took the flower line route. We decided to take the more interesting route. It took quite a bit longer, but not sure exactly how long. We consulted the map and changed our path several times – one time we decided to follow the path to the \u201cInner Sanctuary\u201d it was rugged, involved some scrambling up rocks at times, sometimes going through unmaintained trails through rock formations, and it was a lot of fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The overgrown trail we started on.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Erez consulting our old-fashioned paper map.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Scrambling up the rocks to get into that cool rock arch. I sent Erez ahead to get this cool photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Apparently this is what the Inner Sanctuary looks like<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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First major lookout – stunning!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Of course when we neared the top there were more steps with no shade, but I knew we were in the home stretch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It was very hot and humid, so I got a bit overheated. By the time we got to the top I looked like a bright and shiny tomato. It was worth it ( this photo is untouched- I was really that red!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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View from the top of the Buddha complex<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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View of the bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Erez doing tree pose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On the way down we went through part of a bamboo grove <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Erez trying to take a photo of a lizard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back in the town trying to find our next bus\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I will write about the next part of our day (taking the ferry to our hotel) in the next post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After we finished at the Innoshima Flower Center we found the starting point for our hike up Mt. Shirataki. The internet said it was about a 30 minute climb if we took the flower line route. We decided to take … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1578"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1598,"href":"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1578\/revisions\/1598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}