Forest Adventure - Odawara

Yesterday, Macie and I went on a school field trip to the Forest Adventure in Odawara. Odawara is about an hour and a half drive from Yokosuka. Forest Adventure is a combination zip line and ropes course with a total of 5 zip lines. The setting is very picturesque - tall pine trees, a very pretty creek, a rope bridge and a couple of parks to picnic at. Macie and I had a lot of fun - we will definitely have to go back when we can take the rest of the family.

We arrived fairly early in the morning - about 8:30. But Macie was excited and a little nervous.

It had just finished raining and you could smell the scent of pines - very calming.

             One of the interesting touches you see in Japan are the figures they make out of wood.

            The park was a combination ropes course with zip lines connecting the different obstacles.

                        Not a very photogenic picture of myself, but I wanted to include it because

                       of the Japanese instructor in the background - the peace sign and photo 

                       bombing are very common sights in Japan. 

                     I thought this was really interesting - the answer was over 300 years old.

       I am always intrigued by the signs in Japan. On the left side of the sign is nature information

       about the plants and wildlife in the area. On the right side, they show the different ways you

       can use the tree nuts to construct toys like clackers, tops and whistles. Very unique.

Afterwards, Macie and I went exploring the other parts of the park. They call this the Amazon Bridge.

      Very scenic background - hard to tell from the photograph but there is a city in the valley below.