Minakami is a beautiful place with mountains, canyons, endless green nature and in that part of Japan the air is clean and the water is drinkable, so we liked it very much. The only bad thing about it was that there are no convenience stores or restaurants in walking distance, and we didn't have a car to get around with.
On our second day up there we jumped. A 40 meter drop from a bridge. Hell scary! My bf did a great jump and looked really cool, but I was not as lucky. I was shaking like a leaf on the edge and wondered if I could go through with it or not. But I forced myself. I had planned to jump of nicely as well but I guess my body wouldn't work as I wanted it to. Instead of jumping off I pretty much took a step down looking really uncool. Embarrassing. But at least I did it! I have talked about wanting to do it for years so I would have been disappointed with myself if I didn't go through with it.
Yesterday we signed up for canyoning, something I thought was like river rafting. Boy was I wrong! Instead of going in boats in the river you dress up in wetsuit, life west and helmet and go sliding down streams and waterfalls. Even though I was a bit disappointed that there would be no rafting, I had fun. It was a great trip, and it felt like I was out of country for a while. And I finally got to go swimming for the first time this year! Yay!
