Daily Photo: Jason rolls down a hill in Tochigi Prefecture!
November 10, 2008 · Print This Article
I’d been seeing kids rolling down hills quite a few times lately, for example at this farm in Nagano. So as soon as I saw this very grassy and rolling hill near Senjogahara Moor in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, I new at some point I’d be rolling down it. The hill was a very gentle one, part of a large open green grass area that I rarely see in Japan. I wanted to run out to it and run around wildly. So I did.
And as soon as I started rolling around, for some reason still holding my tripod, after I got high enough up on the hill I flopped right down and began my epic rolling! As you can see by the expression on my face, this was an ecstatic experience for me. I hadn’t rolled down a hill in years. I remembered that you can’t stand up after you do it without wobbling over.
Sure enough, I was walking like the ground were shaking underfoot! Epic!
I highly recommend rolling down hills to anyone of any age. Seriously. Do it! Do it now!
EQUIPMENT USED: Nikon D80 with a Nikkor 18-200mm VR lens (photo by Aya)
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If there were hills around my hood, I would roll down it. Cant think of any open grassy hills around tokyo….
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Jason Collin Reply:
November 12th, 2008 at 11:32 AM
I think there are hills good for rolling down in Shinjuku Gyoen. If you went there on a not so crowded day, it might be possible, but that park is kind of formal, so the joy of rolling down a hill might be a bit muted.
Too bad Yoyogi Park is so flat!
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Shinjyuku Gyoen! There are hills there, and perhaps the quiet nature of the park would make the roll that much better – silently smiling and giggling! There should be fake hill built in yoyogi park for the purpose of rolling down in on sunday afternoons.
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