We came back down much more quickly, of course, much to the suprise of some of the people who had been at the top with us, and who came down the lift, but who only beat us down by a few seconds. We were given tea by the ladies in the souvenir shop, and interesting iriko and yuzu blend - iriko is dried fish and yuzu is a type of citrus. It tasted like soup and was very refreshing after the climb. We bought ice creams then moved on.
We went through Aonodomon, a local 'sight'. It's a cliff hard by a river with a tunnel carved out of the cliff to enable travellers to pass by without having to climb the mountain. In the past, many people were killed in accidents passing over the mountain with pack horses and the like. Then a man who had once been a soldier and had killed a lot of people, suddenly had a change of heart and became a priest. In penance for his many sins, he carved the tunnel by hand to save the lives of the travellers.
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