Kinkai Central Park

This fun little park is very well maintained. It's kind of like Saikai Park but all mushed together. The slides are smaller almost as if it's a training park before you can move on to Saikai.

Such a beautiful view!

The rollerslide wasn't too long, or too fast....

...but it goes under other climbing parts of the park.

Grass slide... maybe? I forgot to walk down there to read the sign.

But wait... there's more! From the park's parking area, there are two ways to get to the playground area. The bridge is fun and bouncy.

At the top of the hill that the park is on, there is this viewing area. The view is very pretty this time of year.

To get there, head south towards Nagasaki past Bio Park. Once you're in Kinkai, pass the Mobile station on the right and look for the sign above on the left side and turn there. You need to turn right to keep the water at your left. Kinkai is written in plants on the right side of the road; turn left and enter the park.

On my honor... stand

Honor stands abound this time of year! The ones I see the most often are selling mikans. I don't know what this one is selling. Manure maybe?

This stand was in the middle of a vast expanse of farmland. This stand had celery, eggplant, and some kind beans. If I wasn't in the middle of my run, I would have bought some celery. Only 100-yen!

Kinkai Rusty Water Campground

This park area has a gorgeous view! There is a campground, a small pond and some walking trails. I don't know how one goes about making reservations to camp here, but it is very pretty.

We walked around the pond here. I would guess it it's about a 1/2 mile long path.

View of the path.

This park is close to the Nagasaki Prefectural Forest Park, but we only stumbled upon it taking the wrong road. It's on the same mountain.

Prefectural Forest Park Athletic Course

As far as Athletic Courses go, this one is nice! Some courses have point systems, but this one doesn't.

The course includes 15 different obstacles that were a bit too cold to try this week. Those metal bars are cold! We did try most of them though.

Above are the monkey bars.

There are a lot of hills in between obstacles.

Climbing ropes followed by a climbing wall.

This athletic course is located in the Nagasaki Prefectural Forest. We found it by driving toward Nagasaki, past Bio Park and then following signs in English to the Prefectural Forest.

Choju Waterfall in Saga

Behold! The Choju Waterfall in Saga. I wonder if this waterfall is sacred because it's not much of a waterfall... at least not this time of year.

There is a shrine at the bottom of the waterfall.

A couple of waterfalls in Saga

Still on the hunt for parks, we stumbled upon these two waterfalls. These two pictures were taken in the Obuchi Park.

The two photos below are from the Kannon Waterfall... I think. I followed the signs and the walkway for the Kannon Waterfall, but it was little more than water rushing over the rocks.

The waterfalls aren't much to see, but the drive along 349 this time of year is beautiful!

This resort in Saga caught my eye because I had never seen anything like this. The water slide goes outside the building before dumping into the pool back inside.

One big spiral slide!

We have been having very mild weather recently. This has prolonged park hunting season for us!

There is a cable car that you can take for 100-yen round trip. If you are over the age of 65, the ride is free.

The well manicured bottom of the spiral slide. It's prettier than my pictures shows.

I think you are supposed to wait until an attendant is up at the top before you go down the slide. When we got to the bottom there were several workers waving their hands at us. The start of the slide is really high up there!

The slide entrance is halfway across this bridge.

Top of the slide.

Another part of the playground.

You can see two grass slides in the photo above. I only saw the smaller top one being used. It's the only one that looked like it was being used too. They have slides available to use.

That's the smaller grass slide.