Rafting close to Tosa-Iwahara Station |
Train passing by a village off Tosa-Iwahara |
Ōboke Gorge |
Carp streamers over Ōboke Gorge |
Entrance to the Heike Yashiki museum |
Kura at the Heike Yashiki site |
Restored Iya farmhouse at Heike Yashiki |
Irori (hearth) within the farmhouse |
Mountain scenery in Nishi (West) Iya |
Crowds on the Nishi Iya Kazura-bashi (vine bridge) |
Wild flower |
Woman selling dengaku (grilled skewers) |
Careful stepping advised! |
Crossing the kazura-bashi |
Looking up the river gorge |
Biwa-no-taki waterfall near the bridge |
Down on the riverbed |
Grilled ayu (sweetfish) |
Row of skewered ayu grilling over the coals |
Road leading down to the Higashi Iya Folk Museum |
Metal-roofed old farmhouse near Kyōjō |
Early morning at the Oku-Iya Kazura-bashi |
Looking across the empty bridge |
Scenery around the Oku Iya bridges |
Waterfall by the Oku Iya vine bridges |
Smaller "Wife's Bridge" in Oku Iya |
View across the "Wife's Bridge" |
Kazura-bashi crossing the gorge |
Wooden cablecart crossing the river |
River scene with distant falls |
Group of kids riding the cart over the gorge |
Doll farmers in a Higashi (East) Iya village |
Careful of the construction! |
Waiting for the bus |
Out working the field |
Pointing the way to the shop |
Selling their wares |
Pair of dolls in an indoor scene |
Village high up in Nishi Iya |
Kimura House in Nishi Iya |
Chiiori - "The House of the Flute" |
Chiiori and its forested surrounds |
Peeing Boy statue along Old Route 32 |
Gorge far below the Peeing Boy statue |