The photo above is of downtown Sapporo just after the gondola car left the station at the bottom of the mountain. You can see the giant ferris wheel in Susukino on the left and the TV tower in Odori park on the right. I like how this photo gives you a sense of the concrete jungle that is modern Japanese large building architecture.
Here is a photo from the gondola looking down at the station that we left from at the base of the mountain. The cable system that the gondola uses is different than what I am used to. You can see on this photo that there are two lines. As one gondola car goes up the mountain the other is going down on the other side. The two large cables are track cables that support the gondola. The smaller cable is the haulage cable that actually pulls the gondola up or down the mountain.
Here is one of the gondola towers.
As we were going up the gondola car passed over a cemetery. It is fascinating to see from the air. There is such order, symmetry, and maximal use of space.
The gondola passed over this giant cow mural. It seems whimsical to put a cow mural in the forest.
This is a photo of the Peace Pagoda, a well known Sapporo landmark on the side of mount Moiwa.
In the photo series above you can see Mt. Teine, a ski resort near Sapporo. Teine is still open for spring skiing in May!
The very last part of Mt. Moiwa can be climbed on foot (15minutes) or by a special mini cable car called the Morris Car (2 minutes).
We had our photo taken at the top of the mountain by another visitor. If you use your imagination the hazy lights behind us become the city of Sapporo.
Jared rang the bell at the top of the mountain. Not sure about the significance of this bell, but I like the photo.
That's all for now,
-Kyle (and Bre)
I really like the picture of the gondola tower.
ReplyDelete