Hōfu, the first city I ever set foot in

[Japanese]

Monday, 24th of August, 2020

On Saturday, the 22nd, we arrived at 12:50 Hōfu Station (防府) at 12:50 on the 12:34 train from Shin-Yamaguchi Station bound for Iwakuni Station on the Sanyo Line.

We arrived at Shin-Yamaguchi Station at 12:03 by the Shin-Kobe 10:19 Sakura 551 train.

The 30% discounted fares that the Zipangu Club offers are a great help when we travel far away.

But... I feel strange about being made to think of myself as an elderly person imperceptibly.

I don't think of myself as an old person.

....

It is one of the pleasures of looking at the distant mountains from the car window, and when I find a sharp or distinctive mountain, I feel as if I am meeting the people of super-ancient times.

It's a one-way, but talking with mountains is really very relaxing experience for me.

This is the first time I have landed at the Hōfu station.

This is my first time in Hōfu city.

I have about three hours to make the most of it before I get on the train from Hōfu 15:53 to Shimonoseki on the Sanyo Line. 

First of all, I was looking at the tourist information board at the station. And then...