Kamikochi in the Japan Alps National Park was an easy train and bus ride away from Japan. On the way, the scenary was dramatic. At the park we crossed the much-photographed Kappa-bashi and walked for an hour or so towards Myojin-bashi. It was a really pleasant walk in the forest, on board walks and steps cut into the slopes. Near Myojin-bashi was a picturesque old inn selling grilled char and oden.
We returned to the Park Headquarters for a soba lunch in a very busy but efficient restaurant. we then heade west of Kappa-bashi, past the "Weston relief" ( a memorial to the explorer Walter Weston), and headed towards Taisho-ike. We did not quite get there because we had to catch the bus back to Matsumoto.
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