Finally some alone time
21 November 2024
Mount Izugatake from Nishi-Agano to Shomaru station
Today I saw only 2 other people on my hike in almost 5 hours. That is more like it. The last few hikes have had far too many people. Getting to to....
Shrine filled mountain
19 November 2024
Mount Oyama from Isehara station
I have done this hike before, in 2015, when I did a hilarious rant about how Japanese girls have 2 different voices, one for when they are with th....
There will be fog
16 November 2024
Mount Tanzawa Okura ridge route
I have done this hike before, and I declared it to be the best hike in all of Japan with the best views. Today there was no view, it was all fog. ....
Slippery and ropey
13 November 2024
Hinoyama from Gotanjoji temple to Oshio station
A rare second day of hiking in a row due to the dinosaur museum being closed on every second Wednesday. I woke up to unexpectedly wet streets and ....
Short steep and slow
12 November 2024
Washigatake from Echizen-Takehara station
The farmers have started burning crops and plastic. My train ride today was up a very picturesque smoke filled valley to Echizen-Takehara station.....
The 3 Goldilocks and the bear
10 November 2024
Mount Okushishiku from Tsurugi station
A lot of photos today. Great light for hiking photos so I will try to be brief here. My hike today was from the last station on the Ishikawa line....
Slow motion bear shield
8 November 2024
Hodatsusan from Menden station
As I mentioned above the main hike in this area had a confirmed bear and cub sighting recently. So today I decided to go somewhere else and leave ....
I got lost and became an expert
5 November 2024
Kamagadake and Gozaisho from Yunoyamaonsen
Very long hike today. Huge number of photos. I got lost early on and ended up on the expert course, which was really quite difficult. I only made ....
Already plateauing
3 November 2024
Fujiwaragataka from Nish-Fujiwara station
I did this hike in 2015 on a very grey day and liked it very much. I remember the plateau fondly. Today I re-plateaud on a very very blue day and ....
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