Geibikei was the highlight of the trip because like Shirakawago, its one of those places that looks as beautiful as the pictures you see on the internet.
Taking the train to Geibikei station. Its only an hour away from Sendai and we had to change trains once.
Geibikei station.
Stopped by Family Mart for some Famima chicken!
Its only a short walk from Geibikei station to the start of the gorge.
You can see the boats in the distance on the right. There are plenty of boats that go at certain times and no booking as required.
Everyone takes of their shoes and sit on the edges of the boat. We were going to be on a smaller boat but because more people came, we moved to a bigger boat.
Coming across a boat on its way back as we set off.
Look at the size of that carp in the clear water. This is crazy.
They will try to sell you duck food on the boat. Buy it so that can you can take shots like this..
.. and this with the red carp.
I was grinning ear to ear with how stunning everything looked.
I can't imagine how much more beautiful Geibikei would look if we had gone one month after when the leaves turn red.
At the end of the gorge, the boat stops and we are given 15 minutes to walk around.
Why Japan is the most advanced civilisation on earth.
You can buy rocks to throw into the hole in the cliff.
Managed to get one in and I got this as proof.
The boat guy sang a song on our way back and the lyrics were on the ticket.
It started to rain a bit on the way back and the boatman moved us closer to the side so we had more tree cover.
And then this guy standing on the motorboat in the left appeared. Notice the boat on the right having a roof because of the rain.
The motor boat went behind us and pushed us all the way back to the start.
Highly recommend Geibikei. Its worth coming to Sendai just for this experience.
We had about 10 minutes before our train came so we went to this small shrine close to the train station.
Train at Geibikei.
There's this bookstore called Kikuya in Sendai which just opposite Sendai station.
The promotional stuff they have is great and the way they sort their books makes me feel like they really, really know their stuff.
We capped the day off with a Coco Ichi dinner. I like putting scambled eggs on my tonkatsu and now my stomach is rumbling. :(
2 comments:
Nice post. I have Geibikei on my plan for May. Or Genbikei. Or both ;-) So I'm looking even more forward to it. I just need to survive the Kumano Kodo Nakahechi trail...
Michael
Thanks for wwriting this
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