紅葉を求めて鎌倉では呼び声の高い獅子谷に行ってみた。天気は秋晴れ、平日の朝というのに駅前は老世代のグループでごった返している。鎌倉宮から永福寺址近くの亀ガ渕橋を渡り山道に入ったが、足元はぬかるんで快適とは行かない。しかも紅葉が頭上で楽しめるのはほんの一カ所。時期が早すぎたのかな。あとは前後とも長い行列の中に飲み込まれたまま、とにかく足を滑らせないことだけ注意してひたすら登り続け天園の峠まで行った。下山はぬかるみで苦労したくなかったので、瑞泉寺に向かう道を取った。こちらは尾根伝いのもっと乾いた道だった。但し見どころはなく、町に入って一般住宅の庭先にもっと鮮やかな紅葉を見る。
In chase for autumn leaves, I went to Shishitani, a valley highly-talked about in Kamakura. The weather was wonderfully fair and despite the weekday morning, the train station front was filled with old generation groups of people. We first went to Kamakura Shrine and walked to Kamegafuchi Bridge, then the promenade starts uphill soon. The road was rather wet and muddy which was not comfortable and there was only one spot where we could see red trees throughout the path. We may have come too early the season. Only focusing on not to slip, we went up to Ten-en hilltop. To avoid the added risk downhill, we took another path heading to Zuisenji Temple, which was much drier. I saw the most beautiful autumn leaves afterward in someone’s garden rather than in the mountain.
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