My Actifit Report Card: January 3 2024

（日本語は後半にあります）

【English】

I have returned to Tokyo from my trip back home! This morning was the last day of my stay back home, so I went to " The Dream Suspension Bridge" in Sumatakyo.

I would like to post this from Actifit because I was able to get quite a few steps in by walking from the parking lot to the suspension bridge and then further on the hiking trail after crossing the suspension bridge.

It takes about 40 minutes on foot from the parking lot to the suspension bridge. This area is further into the mountains than my mother's family home, and I had never been here before. However, I was surprised to find that the area was surprisingly prosperous, with day-trip hot spring resorts and the like. We climbed up the narrow path between houses. There were also cafes and souvenir shops.

As we climbed the slope from the entrance to the "Dream Suspension Bridge," at a certain point the path split in two. Take the right route and go down the stairs to reach the suspension bridge. The beautiful blue color of the Sumata River over the "Dream Suspension Bridge" came into view...! (I will write more about the suspension bridge in another post, so this is all for today's post). By the way, there are no street lights along the promenade in this area, and it becomes pitch black after dark.

After crossing the suspension bridge, a steep and long staircase awaited us! My boys seemed to have surprisingly good stamina and quickly went ahead of me, but I finally made it up the stairs, resting along the way. I was sweating and out of breath.

Well, I was very tired! I even dozed off in the car on the way home.... As I write this, it is after 11 p.m., and my legs are lightly sore. But I got quite a bit of exercise early in the New Year, and it looks like I'm off to a good start as far as health promotion goes.

My step count exceeded 10,000 for the first time in a while!

【Japanese】

帰省先から東京に戻ってきました！今朝は帰省先への滞在最終日ということで、寸又峡の「夢の吊橋」に行ってきました。

駐車場から吊橋まで、さらに吊橋を渡った後のハイキングコースを歩いたことでかなりの歩数を稼) ぐことができたので、Actifitから投稿したいと思います。

駐車場から吊橋までは、徒歩で40分ほど掛かります。この辺りは母の実家よりさらに山奥に入ったところで、私も来たことがありませんでした。しかし日帰り温泉宿など、意外と栄えていて驚きました。民家の間の細い道を、上へ上へと登っていきます。カフェやお土産屋さんもありました。

「夢の吊橋」入り口から坂道を登っていくと、ある地点で道が二手に分かれました。右側のルートを進み、階段を下りていくと吊橋に辿り着きます。「夢の吊橋」が掛かる寸又川の、綺麗な青色が見えてきました…！（吊橋についてはまた別の記事でまとめたいと思うので、今日の投稿ではここまで）。ちなみにこの近辺の遊歩道に該当は一切なく、日が暮れると真っ暗になってしまうそうです。

吊橋を渡ると、今度は急な階段続き！子どもたちは意外と体力があり、さっさと先に行ってしまいましたが、私は途中で休みながらやっとの思いで登りきりました。汗をかいたし、息も切れました。

いやー、疲れました！帰りの車の中で、うとうと寝てしまうほど…。これを書いている今は夜11時過ぎですが、足が軽く筋肉痛になっています。が、年始早々かなりの運動になり、よいスタートが切れそうです。

歩数は久しぶりの10,000歩越えを記録しました！

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