26 August - 2 October 2000
Natsui River
The following three pictures show the two different drying methods that are used in this region for the rice harvest. What is unique about these pictures is they were taken of fields that were almost next to each other near the Eda train stop. Usually the different drying methods are seen further apart than this but apparently one farmer prefered his way and his neighbor the other.
The next three pictures are of the Natsui River Gorge and the Setogaro Gorge; I couldn't see where the one stopped and the other began it seemed to me to be all the same narrow canyon.
The highway (a rather narrow two lane road) and the railroad share the narrow canyon with a few crossings. Here is one of them but with the added feature of a tunnel for the trains right after it crosses the road.
I think of these two pictures as being “A River Runs Through It”; in this case it is the village of Kawamae. I took both pictures from a bridge in the village and soon after riding through it I turned around for a marvelous downhill return home.
