愛宕神社 Atago Shrine
上宮津に愛宕神社という神社があります。4月の第3日曜日に上宮津祭りが行われています。朝早く(午前4時ごろ)上宮津の人々が愛宕神社に向かいます。「山を上って遠いですよ」という話を聞いたので、何年前に場所を探しました。しかし、全然わかりませんでした。今年、私の生徒が「先生はその場所を気に入ると思う」と私に言いました。私は「Where is it?」と聞きましたが、その生徒は「I don't know」と答えました。17歳の生徒が毎年に大好きな上宮津祭りに参加しましたが本当に場所がわかりませんでした。不思議！！！私はもう一回グーグルアースを使って探しました。ここしかないという場所を見つけました。先日探検をしに行ってきました。やっと、見つけましたよ。しかし、場所を秘密します。上宮津の人々にとって大事な場所だと思います。
In Kamimiyazu, there is a shrine called Atago Shrine. On the 3rd Sunday of April, Kamimiyazu festival is held. Early in the morning (about 4 a.m.) the people of Kamimiyazu head for Atago Shrine. I heard the story "We climb up a mountain and it is quite far", so a few years ago I searched for it. However, I couldn't find it at all. This year, my student said to me, "I think you'd like it". I asked her, "Where is it?", but she replied, "I don't know". Every year this 17 year old student takes part in the Kamimiyazu festival which she loves, but she honestly doesn't know where the place is. That's strange！！！ So I used Google Earth one more time to look for it. I found the only place I thought it could be. So the other day I went to explore and I finally found it. However, I'll keep the location a secret. It's a special place for the people of Kamimiyazu.
In Kamimiyazu, there is a shrine called Atago Shrine. On the 3rd Sunday of April, Kamimiyazu festival is held. Early in the morning (about 4 a.m.) the people of Kamimiyazu head for Atago Shrine. I heard the story "We climb up a mountain and it is quite far", so a few years ago I searched for it. However, I couldn't find it at all. This year, my student said to me, "I think you'd like it". I asked her, "Where is it?", but she replied, "I don't know". Every year this 17 year old student takes part in the Kamimiyazu festival which she loves, but she honestly doesn't know where the place is. That's strange！！！ So I used Google Earth one more time to look for it. I found the only place I thought it could be. So the other day I went to explore and I finally found it. However, I'll keep the location a secret. It's a special place for the people of Kamimiyazu.
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 | 大分上ってきました。この木々から鳥の鳴き声が聞こえました。そして、飛びました。ハヤブサだったと思います。以前に同じような鳥を一回見たことがあります。その時、めがねカッパさんと一緒にすぐ近くにある山を上っていました。このリンクに情報と鳴き声があります。ハヤブサ I climbed up a fair way. In these trees I heard a bird crying. Then it flew. I think it was a peregrine falcon. I've seen the same bird here once before. At that time I was going up a nearby mountain with Megane Kappa. |
 角を曲がって、ここに鹿がいました When I came around the corner, there were deer here |  愛宕神社を見つけました。山の真上にあります。 I found Atago Shrine. It's on top of the mountain. |
 愛宕神社 Atago Shrine |  |
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 この広い所で祭りをするでしょう I guess they'd do the festival in this wide area |  |
 おっ！登山道もあります。 Oh！There is a mountain path here too. |  またこの道を探検しに来ます。今回上ってきた道で帰りたいです。 I'll come and explore this path again. This time I want to go back down the path that I came up on. |
上宮津祭りの動画。夜明け前の祭りが綺麗です。 Video of Kamimiyazu festival. The festival before dawn is beautiful.
愛宕神社からのダウンヒル The downhill from Atago Shrine
こいのぼりが泳いでいます The carp are swimming
私の家から往復で15㎞のライドです。ちょっときつい所もありましたが、それは「押す」練習になりました。気持ちがいいのライドでした。 It's a 15km ride return from my house. A part was a little steep, but that became 'pushing' practice. It was a nice little ride.
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