タグ: mountain

What I thought, taking a look at a photo of ten years ago

This photo was taken ten years ago. Ten years are not short period of time. I have experienced a lot of things; went to vocational training, worked in a company as a translator, studied so many things to be a Japanese teacher, and worked at a foreign university. Pandemic of corona virus was also a big thing that happened during these ten years.

And now I am in my home that was inherited from my deceased father. I have no job to earn money right now. Perhaps my life as a working person might have ended. And I feel like memories of these ten years are going to disappear like memories of things twenty years ago.

Two mountains’ peaks are there in the photo. The left peak is round and the right peak is sharp. My father’s family had lived at the foot of the left mountain, and my mother’s family had lived at the foot of the right mountain.

When will the first snow fall down on Iide Mountain Range (飯豊連峰)?

There is a mountain range whose name is Iide Mountain. The mountains are located among three prefectures; Niigata, Fukushima, and Yamagata. Since my house is in Niigata Plain, I can see the mountains in east, when the sky is clear. The straight distance is approximately 50 kilometers (30 miles) from my house to the mountains. Now, it is the mid-October, and temperature is going down. I think soon I will be able to see snow on the top of Iide Mountain Range.

The photo was taken on October 28, 2020. The peak is Kitamata-Dake (Mt. Kitamata) with altitude of 2025 meters (it is interesting that the altitude and this year are the same 2025). In the years of corona pandemic, I had quite often taken pictures of this Mt. Kitamata, and shared the photos with my students through SNS. Although very few of my students are taking a look at this blog now, when snow has fallen onto Mt. Kitamata of Iide Moutain Range, I will take a picture and post it on this blog.