Day of reptiles

Yesterday we went to see the crater of Mt Aso. But it's dragon was restless and noxious gases blew towards the cable car. Wisely, management closed that route. If I had been up close when that wind blew I would be dead. The smell from afar was ghastly. ,y lungs immediately seized, head ached, throat itched. . . . and we were a couple of miles away. So we walked in the opposite direction to get a photo down the valley.

Mt Aso region

On our way back to the ticket place, a brown snake about a metre and a half long wriggled across the road. I was too surprised to grab my camera. On the way back to the train station we could have stopped for a ride on a Clydesdale. They were lined up with tables between each horse. They serve as mounting blocks.

Spotted this cat at the gift store, and left her there.

This is the crater we didn't see

We had lunch, delicious bentos, at the train station and an inch long frog joined us.

The Shinkansen to Nagoshima was very, very fast. As a way to see the country it is a dead loss because most of our time was spent in tunnels.