紅葉
年齢を重ねるに従い、物に対する感じ方が異なってくる。若い頃は紅葉に惹かれる事は余り無く、大人が紅葉した山を観て、「ワー綺麗・・・」等と声を上げるのを、なにが？的な感覚でみていたが、最近は何故か紅葉に惹かれる。
ゴルフをしていてもコース戦略よりも紅葉に見惚れ、ナイスチョットに成ることがしばしば。そんなこんなで今週２３・２４日と、女房と2人で紅葉狩りと洒落込んだ。
目的は大台ケ原の紅葉。ただ大台ケ原に直行では色気が無い。そこで、阪神高速から南阪和道に入り、橿原インターを出て桜井市へ。談山神社? 明日香 ? 壷坂寺 ? 川上村 ? 上北山温泉（泊） ? 上北山観光 ? 大台ケ原 ? 不動屈鍾乳洞 ? と国道169号線の紅葉と山間の景観を満喫してきた。
談山神社の紅葉、赤、青、黄色、見事な紅葉であるが、盛りは少し過ぎていた。今朝NHKで、談山神社の紅葉を、今が盛りと放映していたが、可也いい加減。盛りは半月前であったと思う。
壷坂寺の大釈迦如来石像。それはそれは見事な石仏で、お寺に一歩入るとこの石像に圧倒される。（明日香を抜けて川上村に向かっている途中、壷坂寺の看板が目に入り、咄嗟にハンドルを左に切ったのであったが、この判断が正解。心洗われる、とても良いお寺で、眼を見張った・・・ここは目によく効くお寺とか。そう、お里沢市物語のお寺なのだ・・。）
壷坂寺（壷坂観音、壷坂霊験記のお里沢市で知られるお寺）
壷坂寺から一望される大和盆地（大和朝廷の里）
上北山温泉の小高い丘に在る薬師堂の横にあるサクラ。間違いなく桜であるが何故か花が満開。隣の家の玄関にお爺さんが立って、この木を眺めているので、「おじいさん、この木、サクラですよネ・・、毎年この時期に咲くのですか？と大声で尋ねたが、お爺さんはただニコニコと微笑むばかりであった。
関西一の標高を誇る大台ケ原山頂（標高1,690メートル）
今回の目的は大台ケ原の紅葉であったが全くの調査不足。早くも大台ケ原は冬支度、広葉樹は全て葉を落とし、冬備え万端であった。でも、それはそれで良かった。
山頂付近で見つけた霜柱。
山頂の食堂。山頂着12時30分、よって昼食を食べんと山小屋の食堂を覗くとこの案内。11月23日の祭日で毎年年内の営業を終わるらしい。
国道169号線の山間の紅葉。
As we age, we feel differently about things. When I was young, I wasn’t attracted to the maple leaves, so I didn’t know what it was like to see an adult looking at a mountain with maple leaves and shouting, “Wow, it’s beautiful… But recently, I’ve been attracted to the autumn leaves for some reason.
Even when I play golf, I often fall in love with the autumn leaves rather than the course strategy and become a nice chot. This week, on the 23rd and 24th, my wife and I went to see the autumn leaves with my wife.
The purpose was to see the autumn leaves of Odaigahara. However, if you go directly to Odaigahara, you don’t look sexy. From there, I took the Hanshin Expressway to the Minami Hanwa Expressway, left the Kashihara Interchange and went to Sakurai City. Danzan shrine? Asuka ? Tsubosaka-ji Temple ? Kawakami village ? Kamikitayama hot springs (overnight) ? Kamikitayama sightseeing ? Odaigahara ? Fudokudoku limestone cave ? and Route 169, the autumn leaves and the scenery between mountains were fully enjoyed.
The foliage of the Danzan shrine is magnificent, red, blue and yellow, but it was a little past its prime. This morning on NHK, they were showing the autumn leaves of Danzan Shrine at the height of the season, but it was not good enough. I think the peak was half a month ago.
A stone statue of the Great Sakyamuni Buddha of Tsubosaka Temple. It is a splendid stone Buddha, and when you enter the temple, you are overwhelmed by this stone statue. (On the way to Kawakami village through Asuka, I saw the sign of Tsubosakaji Temple and turned the steering wheel to the left on the spur of the moment, but this was the right decision. It’s a very good temple that cleanses the mind, and it’s very eye-opening… I hear it’s a good temple for the eyes. (Yes, it’s the temple of the story of Orisawa City…)
Tsubosaka Temple (Tsubosaka Kannon, a temple known in the city of Otorisawa of Tsubosaka Reijiki)
The Yamato Basin overlooked from Tsubosakaji Temple (the village of the Yamato Imperial Court)
The cherry blossoms are located next to the Yakushido, which is located on a small hill in Kamikitayama Onsen. It was definitely a cherry blossom, but for some reason the flowers were in full bloom. An old man was standing in the doorway of the next house, looking at this tree, and asked, “Grandpa, this tree is a cherry tree…does it bloom every year at this time? I asked out loud, but the old man just smiled and smiled.
Odaigahara (1,690 meters above sea level), the highest peak in the Kansai region
The purpose of this time was to see the autumn leaves of Odaigahara, but there was a complete lack of investigation. Odaigahara was already preparing for winter, and all the broad-leaved trees had lost their leaves and were ready for winter. But it was all good in its own way.
A frost pillar found near the summit.
The dining room at the summit. It was 12:30 at the summit, so I had to have lunch and peeked at the restaurant of the lodge.
The foliage in the mountains on Route 169.
