Echigo Day 2

Day two at Echigo started with a good breakfast.  Plus tea, coffee, rice and soup.

The weather had turned a bit wet but one of the great treats of the festival was in store, called Periscope.

First you drive in the mountains to a remote little Onsen next to a thundering river gorge.

 

Then you walk through a 750M tunnel that has been drilled into the side of the mountain, following the river.

Then in two places there are the most wonderful artwork installations.

Firstly this rather marvelous Lady Bird thingy with a view.

Then at the very end of the tunnel there is the thing everyone comes to see. A reflective pool reflecting the view and the walls. Quite wonderful.