The Kuzakai Highland was already Autumnal with the Ears of Silver Grasses Bearing 9.4, 2025

On my way from my home in Kamaishi City to Morioka City, Sachiki-san and I stopped off at the Kuzakai Highland Roadside Station.

This area is at a high altitude, and there are woods behind the roadside station, offering a cool, sheltered walk from the sun.

The midday temperature was 24°C. It was very comfortable in the woods.

Beyond the woods, silver grass grew thickly, its heads swaying in the breeze, creating a truly autumnal landscape on the highland.

I sticked to Sachiki-san closely on the cool highland (lol).

The lower world is still hot, but autumn is approaching.

Gravel at Jodogahama was White, so White Dog didn't Stand out 11.11, 2024

Jodogahama in Miyako City. It is one of the attractions of Sanriku tourism.
My father's family home was near Jodogahama, so I have memories of my uncle taking me there when I went to visit my grandmother as a child.
I had always wanted to take a walk on Jodogahama with Sachiki-san, but during the high season from April 1st to October 31st, there are traffic restrictions and general vehicles cannot go to the place that is famous in tourist posters, so I went this month when the traffic restrictions were lifted.

We arrived at almost 3pm, so the shadow of the mountain reached to the peninsula.

We walked on the promenade along the coast with Sachiki-san.
There were few people and no trash on the ground, so I was able to enjoy the scenery with peace of mind. During our regular walks, I always look at Sachiki-san and the ground around us to make sure he doesn't pick up and eat trash (lol).

The gravel at Jodogahama is white, so the white dog doesn't stand out very much. It doesn't look good in photos (lol). That's partly because it's been a while since Sachiki-san's last shampoo, and he's little dirty (lol).

Stopped at the Dog Park at Roadside Station Taro 2.20, 2024

Sachiki-san and I stopped at the dog park at Roadside Station Taro while driving around looking for ideas to apply to Sanriku Fuyu-iro Sagashi (the Sanriku Winter Color Search) Photo Campaign. Roadside Station Taro has a pet snack shop focusing on using locally produced ingredients and a dog park.

The dog park is a little far from the roadside station building, but there is a parking space near the entrance of the dog park, so you can go there by car.
Usage hours are from sunrise to sunset and there is no charge. It is divided into areas for small dogs and medium/large dogs.

There is equipment similar to that used for dog agility.

Sachiki-san just sniffs around (lol)

Unfortunately, the pet snack shop was temporarily closed, so I couldn't buy the goat milk I was looking for. It seemed like most of the weekdays in February were closed.
There was no one else using the dog park, so it seemed like it was for private use.

Visited to Kuzakai Highland to Escape the Summer Heat 7.23, 2023

The rainy season ended on July 22, six days earlier than normal. As soon as the rainy season ended, the weather forecast says that the hot summer days will continue. Although it is rare for Morioka to have a tropical night, a night when the temperature does not fall below 25 degrees Celsius outdoors, recently the temperature does not drop much even late at night, so days that it is difficult for Samoyeds to go out for a walk will continue.

Today Sachiki-san and I visited a high-altitude place in looking for coolness for a walk.

There are several high-altitude places around Morioka, the closest one to my house is Kuzakai highland, which is about 700 meters above sea level. It can be reached in less than 30 minutes by car. The altitude difference between the city and Kuzakai highland is about 600m, and the temperature is about 4 degrees Celsius lower than the city.

We arrived at 11:30 a.m.

The weather was slightly cloudy. The temperature was 23 degrees Celsius. At this temperature, Sachiki-san looked he did not get so hot.

Recently, bears have been appearing one after another in Iwate Prefecture.
If we meet a bear, I wonder if Sachiki-san will bark and drive the bear away.

There is a roadside station Michino-eki Kuzakai Kogen in the Kuzakai highland.

Original soft serve ice cream and ramen are popular.