Snow at Mount Daisen

Last weekend was a long weekend in Japan (again - he, he) so I went on a road trip with some friends to Matsue, in Shimane prefecture - on the coast north-west of Himeji.

Our first stop on Saturday was Mount Daisen,
about 3 1/2 hours from Himeji

Mount Daisen is an impressive volcanic mountain seen in the skyline from everywhere in the town.

It was snowcapped that day


A little Fuji-san...


...and again!

We drove part of the way up the mountain then parked the car and walked up to the shrine.

An uphill hike


It was about 2 degrees

And as soon as we reached the shrine we found snow!


Me and Bev and matching jackets


Woo! Snow

And to think on Monday we were enjoying the warm sun at the beach! More about the rest of the weekend in the next post!

Until then,
Monica x