On 1 September, we had decided to take a drive to see
Lake Imuta (藺牟田池), a
Ramsar site, in
Satsumasendai, Kagoshima. It was a long trip, we left at 8:45 am and went back to home at 9:40 pm. First, we visited to the
Kudaragi (百済) area of former Sakamoto village (坂本村), now become a part of
Yatsushiro city (八代市). The name
Kudaragi or
Kudara (=
Baekje) still exists here of post office, gym etc.
Then, we saw the Kumagawa Railway Bridge No.1 (球磨川第一橋梁) on JR Hisatsu Line (肥薩線). The bridge was built by the American architect, and was completed in 1908. After we had a lunch, we strolled around the Hitoyoshi Castle. In 1871, the
abolition of the han system forced the abandonment of the castle. Many of the buildings inside the
castle grounds were taken down or moved to other locations.
Finally, we arrived at Lake Imuta or
Imuta-ike (藺牟田池) around 3 o'clock. Imuta-ike is surrounded by four mountains; Funamidake (498.8 m), San-o-dake (491 m),
Katagi-yama (508.8 m), Tomigashiro (477 m) and Iimori-yama (432 m). Among of them, Iimori-yama is known due
to its beauty also as Imuta-fuji. After leaving Imuta-ike, we drove a mountainside road to
Kirishima. But rain has been pouring on the way. When I was in
Kirishima, I got a terrible headache and threw up all the food twice. Because of that, I only took a picture of Myoban Jigoku (みょうばん地獄), a hot-spring wall along the Kirishima Skyline highway.
I'll tell you later.
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