Yahiko shrine and mountain

From Nagano, we caught a bus to Niigita and arrived late in the evening.
The next day, we caught a train to Yahiko. We toured the shrine. We were going to hike up the mountain and take the rope way down. But instead, we took the ropeway up and hiked down.
At the top of the mountain, there was a vernacular that took you a short way down to a viewing tower that lifted you up. However, because the ropeway up was so scary, we decided not to do that. It was also getting late and we needed to start down the mountain. We saw a really cool beehive.
We barely made it off the mountain before dark. Then, it was a brisk walk through town to try and catch the train, however, we missed it by seconds and had to wait an hour for the next one.Read more