Saruta Cave Adventure

猿田洞の探険

夏に涼しい所に行きたいよね？川とか海などの所。今年、私がまた違う涼しい所に行った、洞窟の中へ。実は猿田洞はこれで二回目だった。今回小学生と一緒に抜けたから、子供の楽しみで一回目よりもっとおもしろくなった。龍が洞も抜けたことあるので、残りの伊尾木洞抜けたら満足になると思う。

Everyone likes to visit cool places in the summer right?  Like rivers or the beach.  This year I went to a cool place of a different variety, into a cave!  This was actually my second trip into Saruta cave.  This time I went with a group of elementary school students though, and since kids love caves and scary dark places, it made my trip all the more fun.  I have also been through Ryugadou so the only Kochi cave I have left that I want to visit is Ioki cave in Aki.

Irazu-yama

Over Golden Week I went to Irazu-yama.  Irazu-yama is the where the Shimanto river starts.  I was wondering exactly what the "source" of a river looked like.  As it turns out, the sign post is at the convergence of three small streams.  I get the feeling that doesn't work for all rivers, but it was cool to see the "source" anyway.  I was planning to go to Ioki cave in Aki-shi as well, but I caught a cold and decided to stay in instead.

ゴールデンウイークの間に不入山に行った。そこで四万十川が始まると言われる。源流というのはどんな感じだろうなと思っていた。着くと三つの小さい小川が集まる所だった。すべての川は同じような源流があるような気がしないけど、結局おもしろかった。安芸市のいおき洞へも行きたかったが、かぜを引いちゃったからやめた。