ZAO Mountain

This past weekend our friend, Yoshi-san, took the two of us to Zao Mountain. It was one of the last places that we wanted to visit in Miyagi Prefecture (Miyagi State) before returning to America. IT WAS GORGEOUS! We saw mountains that went on for miles, waterfalls and lots of green trees. It was my (Christine's) first time to ever be at the top of a mountain. Why has it taken me this long? NO IDEA! It was the most beautiful site I have seen, next the the Fjords in Norway. I was literally breathless at a few places.

This was one of the waterfalls that we stopped by to see on the way up the mountain.

We were so glad that we had such sunny and clear day!

This is one of the many beautiful sites you can catch in Japan if you are traveling. It was absolutely gorgeous! We could see for miles and see six different mountain ranges.

This is the site we had been waiting to see. This lake is at the top of mount Zao and was the remains of a volcanic eruption years ago. This site is quite famous in Japan and lots of tourist visit it everyday. We even ran into tourists from Taiwan there. They spoke English to us too!


Here are the three of us at the top of Mount Zao. Thanks Yoshi-san for taking us there!

This was the last waterfall we stopped to see as we were making our way back down the mountain.

We stopped at a little park area and Dan found lots of interesting bugs to play with. Right up his alley.

We stopped at this delicious Japanese resturant after coming down the mountain and ate soba and udon with tempura. SOOO Good!

The last place we stopped was Shiroishi Castle. "Shiro" means White and "Ishi" means stone. We went up to the top and got to overlook the city.