lost or what?

First up, the change to a new 1000 yen bill is still causing dramas across Japan. These are the vending machines on every JR train platform, and they only take the old ones. This must be costing the vending machine companies a fortune to change them over but also in lost business.

Here is the view from Fujino station. It was strangely dark for much of the day. I have started a hike here before, but turned right up to Jinba, today I will go left.

My journey took me over this bridge. That is lake Sagami, I have done a hike up the other end of this lake (left of this photo) that had been badly impacted by a cyclone.

The first part of this hike was along a road.

Finding the starting point of the trail was not difficult.

Now for the leech warnings and the free spray. I spent a few minutes studying the various chemicals on offer, then just coated myself in all of them. The lack of bear warning was encouraging though.

The real trail commenced. Steep at first.

Not a lot of views on offer today, and those that were available were strangely dark.

A peak of sorts.

Probably the main view point. Note how dark it appears?

Here I am, unshaven. I am basically wearing running clothes (full length tights) today, to fight off leeches.

The peaks were not at all high, but there was a bit of up and down.

I enjoyed running on the flatter wider stretches, leeches cant climb up me while I am running. Although there is a theory they fall out of trees, a recent study proved that to be incorrect. Also, apparently the type of leech you find here, you can just flick off with no lasting effect, no salt required.

To draw my dinosaur picture, I had to double back a few times, this was the main spot. It will all make sense below. That is my long suffering runners backpack that I use for hiking. I do not have the water bladder in it, instead I just put 2 bottles of water in it, as well as calorie mate BLOCK.

The next bit of the path was very smooth, almost like a road.

And then it was a road, unexpected.

So dark!

You can climb up here, but I don't think there is a view even if you do, so I decided not to risk plummeting.

The road was narrow and muddy, with consequences.

A bit more view. Threatening clouds but it never rained.

This is where I turned around and doubled back after creating the leg of my dinosaur.

The path got muddier.

There were also roots, I think of leeches hiding in leafy areas, but I really have no idea.

One of the non remarkable almost no view to speak of summits. Generally denoted by a picnic table.

A bit of blue sky!

No red leaves yet, but it was starting to get slightly sunny at times.

Near the end of the main loop and ropes appeared. With the muddy trail they were definitely required.

I came back out onto a road near the lake for some great light over some farms. It was near here that I saw snake number one of two.

Even though you walk around the edge of the lake, this is just about the only view you get of it.

Near the end and there are some possibly abandoned hotels. This one is shaped like a ship. I saw snake number two of two near here, on the road.

This is not my bridge, I had to stay on my course to complete the picture I was drawing.

Although this is a bridge, it is not the same one as at the start of the day, but I am nearly there.

Here is the view from the bridge from the start of the day, in the opposite direction, now with additional sunshine.

And there it is, Fujino station. The same station from where I started my drawing... what drawing you ask?

Well apparently the hike I did today is very popular, even though I saw no one, because you draw a picture of a Tyrannosaurus Rex. This is my Garmin app, and yes I took a photo of my laptop screen because it is just easier with my whole work flow for maintaining this monstrosity of a website.
You can clearly see where I doubled back to draw his leg and mouth, but also on the bottom left, his (or her) genitalia?