Japan -day 13: Uono (Yatake)

After an easy 1hr 40min we reached Yoshimatsu where we met Yoshimitsu-san at the LZ of Uono. Once more a flight area with perfect infrastructure: huge TO and LZ with toilet on launch and sun-shade in both places. The grass is nicely cut and in better shape than on some (golf) fairways I've played ;-)

Uono LZ

looking towards LZ and TO (center of oix)

I flew for a little over an hour and could get to 900 meters over launch (550m / 1450m). My vario recorded climb rates of up to 7 m/s, but not very bumpy.
After landing we went looking for Yatake's LZ and TO nearby. This site is only about 7km from Uono. Everbody had said that this site might be good in the afternoon. We easily found both places, but I couldn't/ didn't launch as the wind was always coming from the right side, putting the TO in some kind of lee. According to Rick this happens quite often and he only goes there if Uono is not flyable.

Yatake: LZ to the left of the white 'building' in the center

On the way back we stopped at an Unagi (Eel) restaurant.

Tomorrow (Sunday) we'll leave at 1000 for Komeno-yama near Fukuoka for (hopefully) a good flight - it will be the last one here on Kyushu for me...