Pouring over the map in search of somewhere to go, I noticed a small dotted line at the southern edge of Miura peninsula, which looked like it could be a hiking trail!
So off I went, and sure enough it was a very nice trail, very well marked, and in beautiful coutryside.
The path starts off from the Keikyu train station, and wanders inland through a big vegetable and fruit region. Huge fields of kabocha (japanese pumpkin), and row after row of greenhouses filled with strawberry and melon plants. And orange and lemon orchards on the sides of the hills.
Also, if you look closer, you can see a quite a novel aproach to your everyday scarecrow....
... the head on a pole style!
The view from the top of the mountains was amazing, even though there was haze that day. You could see the see on 3 sides of the Miura peninsula, and up to Yokohama to the North! You could also look straight across the southern part of Tokyo Bay and see Chiba peninsula nice and clear. From down there, it look very close indeed.
The forest was beautiful, with loads of flowers,
flowering picher plants,
many different caterpillars
and butterflies.
And huge horrible bumble bee-type things, of course. Otherwhise it wouldn't be fun.
I even saw these ... odd... things....
I cannot even begin to guess at what they are. I found them mainly on oak trees, attached, at one end, in the cracks of the bark. They do not not actually appear to be alive.
Are they a worm/caterpillar/animal thing that came out of the tree and died/hatched?
Are they somehow part of the tree, small extentions to catch water?
Your guess is as good as mine....
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