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Running with the buses

2 November 2016


Japan-Hakodate-Hiking-Hakodateyama - Running with the buses

Hiking up the road at night for the view from Hakodateyama

As suggested earlier, it was time to go to the top of Mount Hakodate to do the tourist thing and take photos of the city lights. I thought to myse....

Dam it

1 November 2016


Japan-Sapporo-Snow-Hiking-Jozankei Onsen - Dam it

Walking from Jozankei Onsen to the nearby dam via a tunnel

Last full day in Sapporo, and thankfully no rain. I made my decision of where to go last night, should be easy to get there, there was a small hit....

Terrible sign failure

30 October 2016


Japan-Sapporo-Hiking-Snow-Mount Soranuma - Terrible sign failure

Hiking Mount Soranuma near Sapporo by bus

I thought there might be a bit of snow. Turns out there was endless snow. I thought it might be cold on top of a mountain, turns out it was absolu....

No smog yes people

29 October 2016


Japan-Sapporo-Hiking-Mount Moiwa - No smog yes people

Hiking Mount Moiwa in Sapporo

It is cold, and incredibly windy. Things are blowing down the street, I hope the wind stops soon. Because of the wind, a small mountain was the or....

Canyon mountain

27 October 2016


Japan-Kyoto-Hiking-Mount Hiei - Canyon mountain

Hiking Mount Hiei in Kyoto using public transport

After spending some time researching I had selected my Kyoto mountain. There are not huge mountains near Kyoto but there are mountains, I chose wh....

Racing the rain that never was

25 October 2016


Japan-Kanazawa-Hiking-Tsurugi-Shiritakayama - Racing the rain that never was

Hiking Shiritakayama in Kanazawa

The weather forecast was not good. Rain all day. I originally planned to climb Hakusan, Japan's third most sacred mountain after Fuji and Tate. Ho....

Volcanic gas panic

23 October 2016


Japan-Tateyama-Kurobe-Alpine-Hiking - Volcanic gas panic

Climbing Tateyama on the Kurobe alpine route

Today I climbed one of Japans 3 sacred mountains located on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route. The alpine route goes from Toyama, across, above and....

It happened again

21 October 2016


Japan-Nagano-Hiking-Zenkoji - It happened again

Hiking the hills behind Zenkoji

I really only intended to visit the big Temple. The Zenkoji temple is the main attraction in Nagano, so I thought I had better go take a look at t....

Not too early for color

20 October 2016


Japan-Nagano-Togakushi-Hiking-Autumn Colors - Not too early for color

Taking the bus from Nagano to Togakushi

Apparently the colorful leaf season hysteria does not start for weeks. No one told the place I went to today. Because of colorful leaves, lots of ....

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