9 stray turtle【 Kamakura Thousand Tales】鎌倉千一夜〜隧道のはるか先

 The Iwaya Cave at the southern tip of Enoshima is connected underground to the Narusawa Ice Cave at the foot of Mt. Fuji, and it is said that the airway carries the power of Mt. A long pipeline mystery with a distance of about 90km. There is certainly romance. During the Edo period, pilgrimages to Enoshima were popular. The pleasures of Sagami Bay and the power spot experience are always attractive.

Well, there is also a small pipeline mystery in Kamakura. It is said that the cave runs from Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Genji Pond to Namerikawa river. However, I don't mind going there, it's a big turtle. During the spawning season, he suddenly appear on the road around Namerikawa Toshoji Bridge, about 1km away, and head for the spawning grounds.

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I almost ran over you, but you came again this year.

If you crawl in the middle of the road like that, you can't stand a driver who looks away.

You're here to lay eggs, so be careful.

Are you mostly the same turtle that came last year?

I don't think there are many turtles who can grow to the size of a basketball.

They may have laid eggs at the base of the hedge and covered fallen leaves with them, but the wind blows it away, and we can see the precious egg in full view.

This area is a wild kingdom with not only stray cats, but also crows, raccoons, Taiwan squirrels, blue general snakes, and even copperheads.

Even if you hide in your shell, the eggs are defenseless.

Where are you coming from anyway?

There is a turtle of similar size in Genji Pond, but is it that one?

If so, there is no waterway from the pond to this area, so are you walking along the road? 　

Or is it connected by an underground tunnel somewhere?

If you're living in Namerikawa , how do you go up the five-meter stairs next to Toshoji Bridge? 　

There's no other place you can get out of the river. Isn't climbing up there harder than climbing a carp waterfall?

In the old days, there were no seawalls like this, so it was a gentle slope from the river to the mountains, so you could go anywhere? 　

That's true, 30 years ago, such a seawall did not exist.

People wanted to live by the riverside, so they arbitrarily hardened it with concrete.

They brought soil from somewhere else and made land.

I'm sorry, but if you don't mind, should I put a little more dirt on top of that egg? 　

Be careful and keep warm.