Autumn Foliage at Lake Towada and the Oirase Gorge 2020 / 十和田湖と奥入瀬渓流の紅葉 ２０２０年

At the beginning of this month, my wife and I decided we wanted to see the autumn colors somewhere so we chose to go to Lake Towada. We usually drive through the mountains but we checked the live camera at Sukayu Hot Spring and found that it was raining with a high chance of snow so we decided to take the more roundabout route by driving around the mountains and going through the towns of Noheji and Tohoku Town. It was a good thing too as we learned that the mountain road was closed due to bad weather. The disadvantage of going around the mountains is that it adds an hour to our driving time. 

今月の初めに僕と妻が季節が過ぎる前にどっか紅葉を見に行こうという話になって、十和田湖に決定。いつもなら八甲田山を通って行きますが酸ヶ湯温泉のライブカメラを見て、山のほうは雨で雪降る可能性もあり、野辺地と東北町経由で行くことにした。選んだ道は正解でした。山道は悪天候で通行止めになった。

As we passed through the Oisrase Gorge, I managed to take a picture of the Kumoi Falls from the car. 

十和田湖を目指す途中奥入瀬渓流を通らなきゃいけないので、車の窓から雲井の滝の写真を撮りました。

It wasn't the best weather to see the autumn foliage. 

紅葉を見る天気はちょっといまいちだったな。

At Lake Towada. 

十和田湖に到着。

We walking towards the Statues of the Maidens. 

今目指してるのは十和田湖乙女の像。

I see the area has prepared some illumination.

十和田湖にイルミネーションをするものも設置されてます。

Here is the Statue of the Maidens. 

これが乙女の像。

I like the silouette of the people in the boat in this picture. 

船に乗ってる人たちのシルエットが好き。

Nice yellow colors. 

良い黄色になってます。

Here we are eating some miso kiritanpo. 

味噌きりたんぽを食べた。

A different waterfall. 

別の滝。

We only stayed around the lake for about a half-hour before making the long drive back to Aomori. It seems we only came here to eat kiritanpo. 

十和田湖に３０分ほどしかいなかったんで、まるできりたんぽを食べに来ただけみたいな感じになった。