A rocky peak on the left is Mt. Neko and a gentle peak on the right is Mt. Takatake. Today, we will drive to the back of those mountains. We drive down Kujyu plateau by crossing borders of Kumamoto and Oita prefecture alternately. The slopes of the hills are dyed with autumnal tint in red and yellow. We stopped at an overlook on the rim of the world largest Aso caldera.
Morning mist fills the caldera like a flow of milk.
I lost myself for a while by the unexpected beautiful scene. The time is still before nine in the morning. I overlook the scene by from Ohgidani viewpoint, feeling just as if I were on the bows of a ship sailing on the sea of milk. We then drove down into the milk to turn around the valley to south Aso. I found an unexpected beauty of autumnal tint in Chouyou village.