One scorching hot day after another…
told us, with the excitement of a child, “There’s an amazing waterfall way up in the mountains of Yamaguchi-cho~”
So the three of us, 
, went off to search for the waterfall~😃
Before heading deep into the mountains, we saw some kids playing in the shallow river~
We crossed a little stream-like spot (^.^)So cold and refreshing~
Our reassuring guide, Sensei @ Nishi2 (in charge of athletics)
Just between us, 
is usually extremely dependable, but since he’s an IT person,
the moment we enter a place with no signal, he immediately loses his power😂（Let me say once again, just to be clear, IT people are incredibly dependable）
So we’ll leave the guiding to Sensei @ Nishi2.
Dependable Sensei @ Nishi2 even clears away the spider webs up ahead, so we can move forward with peace of mind♪
After walking for a while, we found something that looked like a Titan from Attack on Titan might climb up it~👀
See? Doesn’t it look like a Titan is about to come charging at you!!
We got a little excited here, made a fuss, and then started walking again.
Step by step over the rocky stones…
After walking and walking, nearly twisting our ankles along the way,
Finally!!
You can see something that looks like a waterfall on the left side of the photo~!!
Be sure to watch the video to see the moment we discovered the waterfall~!(^^)!
（The video comes with the excited voice of “Mama” and the slightly less enthusiastic voice of “Niko”）
“This is it~!! This is it~!!”
“We made it~!!”
“Yay, we made it~! It really was here~”
“It’s totally a waterfall~~~(*^。^*)”
“It’s here, but somehow this is…（Isn’t this not actually a waterfall???）”
Even while wondering about it, I held back because of Mama and couldn’t say, “That’s not a waterfall”😂
Let’s just call this a waterfall,
and right away we took off our shoes, went into the river, and played around~(^_^)v
Sensei is so excited he even put on a children’s life jacket♪
The water temperature is enough to blow the heat right away~
（As Nishi2, it was a mistake not to bring a water thermometer~ It was cold enough that you couldn’t stay in for long）
“It feels soooo good~(^o^)／”
“It’s sooooo cold(゜o゜)”
The water is clear, and you can see the fish perfectly~
While still wondering, “Is this really a waterfall?”, we played in the river for a while and then headed back~😀
Back at the Nishi2 office, after watching the waterfall video, “Shocho” reacted with:
“There’s no way that’s a waterfall~😆”😂
“Nooo(゜o゜)”
“Then, Shacho, let’s go search for the real waterfall together!!”
To be continued in the second part…
The spot where the water comes out of the wall is around here on the map↓
