2026ゴールデンウィーク連休 2026 Golden Week Holiday

尾道では今年の連休後半は天候に恵まれました。

3月中旬の巣作り（約20日）から産卵、抱卵（約20日）、ヒナ誕生、子育て（約20日）を経て庭のシジュウカラ9匹全てが5月3日に元気に巣立ちました。

この連休の時期、家の周りの生垣の剪定を行います。今年はツツジの開花が早く、ほとんどの花が枯れた4日から作業を開始しました。

5日は午前中、地域の子供神輿の掛け声を聴きながらが、正午前から、毎年恒例ですが、近くの鳴滝山国立公園へ。

駐車場に駐車して、緩やかで短く、よく整備された山の北側の遊歩道を15分ほどトレッキング。遊歩道が南側に出たところで、眼下に見える青い海に浮かぶ瀬戸内の島々と遥か遠方にかすかに見える四国山脈を見ながら30分ほど昼食。その後、15分ほど右手に瀬戸内海を見ながら平らな遊歩道のトレッキングで展望台へ。更に、平らな山道を右手に瀬戸内海を見ながら15分ほどで駐車場へ。

全行程は昼食時間を含めて遊歩道一周には2時間もあれば十分です。

春の連休のこの時期、コース全体で聞こえる春ゼミ、ウグイス、メジロなどの歌声が心地よいです。

逆コースでは左手に瀬戸内海を見ながら先ず山頂へ。山頂から山の北側の遊歩道で駐車場に戻ることができます。

以下のサイト（おのなび by 尾道観光協会）を参照してください。

2026 Golden Week Holiday:

In Onomichi, we were blessed with good weather during the latter half of this year’s holiday period.

Following nest-building in mid-March (about 20 days), egg-laying, incubation (about 20 days), the hatching of the chicks, and rearing (about 20 days), all the 9 great tits in my garden successfully fledged on May 3.

During this holiday period, I prune the hedges in front of the house. This year, the azaleas bloomed earlier, so I started work on the 4th, after most of the flowers had already past their best.

On the morning of the 5th, we heard the chants of the local children’s mikoshi (Portable Shrine) procession, then headed to the nearby Narutakiyama National Park—a yearly tradition—just before noon.

We parked in the lot and hiked for about 15 minutes along the gentle, short, and well-maintained trail on the north side of the mountain. When the trail emerged on the south side, we had lunch for about 30 minutes while looking down at the islands of the Seto Inland Sea floating on the blue sea below and gazing at the Shikoku Mountain Range faintly visible in the distance. Afterward, we trekked for about 15 minutes along a flat trail with the Seto Inland Sea on our right to reach the observation deck. Then, we walked another 15 minutes along a flat mountain path with the Seto Inland Sea on our right to return to the parking lot.

The entire loop, including lunch, takes no more than two hours.

During the spring holidays, the sounds of spring cicadas, Japanese bush warblers, and white-eyes singing throughout the course are truly delightful.

If you take the reverse route, you’ll head to the summit first while looking out at the Seto Inland Sea on your left. From the summit, you can return to the parking lot via the walking trail on the north side of the mountain.

Please refer to the following website (Ononavi by the Onomichi Tourism Association):

https://www.ononavi.jp/spots/detail.html?detail_id=407