Tendaki

After our fantastic time in Kobe, we had an active Sunday planned. The plan: hike up the "Heavenly Waterfall" with Chika and Mineko. It was a nice hike, only a bit over 1K, but pretty steep. There was a couple just ahead of us with 3 dogs-- 2 walking and a teeny puppy being carried by the woman. As we hiked on, sometimes passing, sometimes being passed by the couple, we saw that one of the walking dogs had joined the puppy-- the poor woman was holding a dog under each arm! Hahaha!



The view was great, and when we reached the fall, we walked down along the hill a ways to get some pics and relax.




Then it was off to the Fuji Matsuri, which is really just a large garden of wisteria. Pretty nifty and it smelled fantastic.

To wrap the day up, we went out for dinner. Mineko's husband owns a factory, so they're quite well off. She chose the Sun Route restaurant, on the 7th floor of the Sun Route hotel. I'd been there before, and the lunch prices were reasonable. Gah! Dinner prices were not! But we sucked it up, had a nice dinner with the ladies. Chika especially enjoyed it, as she said that whenever her family eats out, her teen boys always insist on something like yakiniku or yakisoba [which I'd almost suggested and was so thankful I didn't!]. And then Mineko surprised us all by taking care of the bill!