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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.45,0:00:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here we are at the top of Yamadera Risshaku-ji Temple completed in 860.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.84,0:00:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no more beautiful spot than this one in autumn
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.59,0:00:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an amazing view overlooking Yamagata Prefecture.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.02,0:00:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the top of 1015 steps lies a public Japan
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.77,0:00:19.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Post box and a man who has to climb these
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.73,0:00:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,steps almost every day to pick it up.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.80,0:00:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Music]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.94,0:00:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Irasshaimase (welcome)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.96,0:00:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only In Japan (voice of Peter von Gomm)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.05,0:00:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I jumped on an E3 series bullet train
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.86,0:00:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Yamagata Shinkansen from Tokyo
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.20,0:00:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the 2 hour 45 minute ride north
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.76,0:00:49.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the morning mist exciting me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.81,0:00:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the adventure at hand today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.25,0:00:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yamadera north-east of Yamagata City in the
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.27,0:00:57.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mountains is a gem for off-the-beaten-path
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.68,0:01:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,travelers, especially beautiful in autumn.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.92,0:01:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Close to the JR station is an over
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.76,0:01:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1000 step stairway hike to the ancient
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.13,0:01:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Risshaku-ji Temple or Yamadera which
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.62,0:01:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is directly translated at mountain temple.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.32,0:01:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the top besides the temple
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.18,0:01:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,serving the residents and tourists
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.81,0:01:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,alike is a red Japan Post box
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.70,0:01:20.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With pick-up time 11am six days a week.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.88,0:01:23.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always wondered who climbs up here to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.91,0:01:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pick it up, that's over 12,000 steps each week.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.82,0:01:28.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A real workout.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.17,0:01:31.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(music)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.75,0:01:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I found the man who has a most scenic
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.04,0:01:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of the most challenging postal
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.89,0:01:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,routes perhaps in all of Japan.