Episode 240 - Transient Beauty

Ryu Sei No Taki 

 Gin Ga No Taki

 Rope ways to Mount Kurodake

A frozen stream along the rope ways to Mount Kurodake

Landscape at Sounkyo

I took these photos at the Sounkyo and Mount Kurodake scenic areas.

Compare with the Shiretoko Goko Lakes, the landscape in the Sounkyo and Mount Kurodake scenic areas provide an intended visitor with some sort of comfort.  The quality of the landscape here will not be affected much by weather.  Sounkyo and Mount Kurodake could provide a visitor different but all aesthetic atmospheres whether it is a sunny, misty or rainy day - regardless of the weather, all is and will be well.  But a misty / rainy day would definitely diminish the enjoyment of a round trip at the Shiretoko Lakes - bad weather, bad luck - because the mysterious lakes' beauty will only be transiently presented under the sun.

My family spent an enjoyable day in the Sounkyo and Mount Kurodake scenic areas. The weather was not stable - occasional sunshine with mist and patches of rain - but that did not affect our journey.

Standing in front of the Ryu Sei and the Gin Ga Waterfalls, and watching the water lines crawling down the rocks like silver strings amid the golden sunlight, my joyfulness could not be expressed in words;  Sitting on the lift chair bound for the Seventh Level of Mount Kurodake amid the misty clouds, I felt like I was entering a land of deities. Such a touch of heart experience is incommunicable and could not be captured by photos.  Were they not also variants of transient beauty?