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Road to Mt. Yukinoyama, an ancient mountain and home to over 200 tumuli built during the 5th to 7th centuries. In 2013, it was designated as a National Historic Site.
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Approaching Kawamori. 川守
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Kawamori bus stop, nearest to Mt. Yukinoyama.
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To Mt. Yukinoyama
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Mt. Yukinoyama and Hino River 雪野山と日野川
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Mt. Yukinoyama and Hino River 雪野山と日野川
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Hino River 日野川
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Hino River 日野川
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Mt. Mitake is one of Tokyo's easily accessible peaks via cable car. But it still requires a good deal of climbing up slopes and steps. You can also hike to adjacent Mt. Hinode-yama. Great daytrip getaway from Tokyo's concrete jungle.Getting off the train at Mitake Station on the JR Ome Line. I wasn't the only one who decided it was a good day to hike up Mitake. 御岳駅
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Boundary between Ome city and Hinode-machi town. I was hiking from Mt. Mitake in neighboring Ome.
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Mt. Yukinoyama and Ryuoji Temple. MAP
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Mitake Station on the JR Ome Line. 御岳駅
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Ryuoji Temple 龍王寺
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Very close to the summit of Hinode-yama. Only one lodge is here.
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Ryuoji Temple 龍王寺
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Mitake Station on the JR Ome Line. 御岳駅
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Last flight of steps to the summit.
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Ryuoji Temple belongs to the Tendai Sect. 龍王寺
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Bus stop for cable car station.
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Ryuoji Temple 龍王寺
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Bus for cable car station.
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Top of Mt. Hinode-yama
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Tenjin Shrine 天神社
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Hitsujiyama Park with weeping cherry blossoms and Mt. Bukosan. 羊山公園
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Cable car station.
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Top of Mt. Hinode-yama
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Tenjin Shrine, reconstructing the shrine. Ryuo-cho, Shiga. 天神社
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Hitsujiyama Park with weeping cherry blossoms
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Welcome to Mt. Mitake
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Benches all over for us to gaze at the panorama.
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Hiking trail on Mt. Yukinoyama.
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Hitsujiyama Park and Mt. Bukosan.
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Cable car for Mt. Mitake.
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Alpine map pointing the way to various areas
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Mountain God Memorial 山の神
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Hitsujiyama Park and Mt. Bukosan.
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570 yen one way. There's also a lift for an extra 100 yen. No one rides the lift.
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Trail flanked by ferns
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Cable car to Mt. Mitake
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Mt. Hinode-yama summit has a little picnic pavilion
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Ferns
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Mitake-san Station for cable car
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Benches for hikers who had lunch.
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Lookout deck near cable car station
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Spectacular views from the top of Mt. Hinode-yama, Tokyo. But I couldn't recognize any landmarks.
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1st lookout point, too many trees in the way.
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View from lookout deck on Mt. Mitake, Tokyo
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Views from the top of Mt. Hinode-yama, Tokyo
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View from Yukinoyama
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Views from the top of Mt. Hinode-yama, Tokyo
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View of Ryuo-cho town from Mt. Yukinoyama.
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Mt. Hinode-yama which is next to Mt. Mitake.
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Views from the top of Mt. Hinode-yama. The large white building is the Seibu baseball dome in Tokorozawa.
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Map of hiking trails on Yukinoyama. It takes about 90-120 min. to go up and down the mountain. There are some fine views from the trails.
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Lift station in middle (very short distance) which no one rides.
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Surrounding mountains in pastel colors
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Top of Yukinoyama at 308 meters elevation. The views are obstructed by many trees. 雪野山 頂上
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Welcome Gate. Everyone goes through here instead and walk toward the top.
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Top of Yukinoyama. 雪野山 頂上
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Back of welcome gate.
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Trail to go down
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View from top of Yukinoyama
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Torii ahead. Mt. Mitake is topped with a Shinto shrine.
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Going down
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View from top of Yukinoyama
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Torii
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View from top of Yukinoyama
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Back of torii
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View from top of Yukinoyama
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Hailstones in Feb.
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Hinode-yama, my target after Mt. Mitake.
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This trail was much more scenic.
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Bird house
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Lots of steps, glad I was going down instead of up.
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Ryuo-cho town as seen from Yukinoyama
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Mt. Mitake Visitors Center where you can get maps and hiking advice.
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Lots of trees.
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Looking toward Higashi-Omi.
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Inside Visitors Center
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Fork in the road. Turned left for the waterfall trail.
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Water barrels in case of fire.
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Old minka house on Mt. Mitake, Tokyo
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Log bridge
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Kusasenri park 草千里Grassy park on the periphery of Mt. Aso.
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Trail going down the middle of the mountain.
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Mitake-san Youth Hostel. The mountain has many lodges and inns.
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Horseback riding at Kusasenri. 草千里
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View of central Ryuo-cho town from Mt. Yukinoyama.
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Slope up
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Pine cone
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Aso Volcano Museum 阿蘇火山博物館
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Thatched roof
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Okuno village was here.
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Kusasenri
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Ferns
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Mt. Mitake, Tokyo
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Beware of bears...
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View of Mt. Aso
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Ferns all over
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Veranda
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Looking up a slope...
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Kusasenri parking lot
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Tree designated as a Natural Monument. Almost dead in Feb. though.
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Grass skiing
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Souvenir shops and restaurants
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Finally a waterfall
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Grass skiing
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Lookout point
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Steps toward Musashi-Mitake Shrine
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More waterfalls...
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Spectacular ropeway ride
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More steps
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And more...
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Aso-san Ropeway 阿蘇山ロープウェー
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Lots of stone monuments (not gravestones)
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Sadly, the scenic Aso-san Ropeway (built in 1958) stopped operating in Aug. 2014 and was dismantled by 2019.
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More monuments
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This is the famous Shiraiwa Waterfall. 白岩の滝
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Aso Crater rim
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Sky over Ryuo-cho town
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More steps (rest time)
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Shiraiwa Waterfall. 白岩の滝
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Notice the emergency shelters.
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Entrance to an ancient tumulus (No entry)
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More steps...
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Mt. Naka-dake is Mt. Aso's most famous crater, Kumamoto 阿蘇山 中岳火口Measures 1 km wide north to south and 4 km east to west.
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Oh my God, more steps...
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It's actually a series of small waterfalls. Mt. Hinodeyama, Tokyo.
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Mt. Naka-dake in Aso-san, Kumamoto. Measures 1 km wide north to south and 4 km east to west. 阿蘇山 中岳火口
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Musashi-Mitake Shrine
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Always smoking, Mt. Naka-dake in Aso-san, Kumamoto 阿蘇山 中岳火口
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Musashi-Mitake Shrine, Tokyo 武蔵御嶽神社
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Trail to Shiraiwa Waterfalls
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Crater rim
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Musashi-Mitake Jinja 武蔵御嶽神社
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Trail to Shiraiwa Waterfalls
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Sign for taking "I was here" photos.
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The shrine buildings at rear.
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Entrance to trail to Shiraiwa Waterfalls and Mt. Hinode-yama
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World's largest caldera still active.
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View of Ritto from Mt. Anyoji. Marvelous view if it weren't for the trees...
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View from the shrine, not much.
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No entry
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View of Ritto from Mt. Anyoji.
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But there was one clear pocket of scenery.
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Inside emergency shelter.
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View Hira mountains from Mt. Anyoji.
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Spectacular rock and cliff formations.
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Omikuji
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Fantastic artwork by nature
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View from Mt. Anyoji in Ritto.
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Omikuji
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Art of nature
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View from Mt. Anyoji.
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Treasure House 宝物殿
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Natural sculptures
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Mt. Anyoji trail sign totally illegible. No map on the mountain to tell you where ypu are either.
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Musashi-Mitake Shrine, Tokyo
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Small shrine
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Going down
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Walking back instead of taking the ropeway.
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Another broken sign.
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Turn left for Mt. Hinode-yama
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Ropeway
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View from Mt. Anyoji 安養寺山
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Cable car station peak.
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Aso Station
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Power line tower on Mt. Anyoji
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The torii which we passed through.
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Mt. Anyoji from afar looks like a tumulus.
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Wooden cart wheels are a common sight.
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Trail to Mt. Hinode-yama. Takes about 40 min. from Mt. Mitake.
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Deep forest
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Roots
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Torii
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Take a left here.
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Hiking guide
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Roots in stone
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Steps
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View of Mt. Mikami from Omi-Fuji Karyoku Koen Park in spring.
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View of Mt. Mikami-yama amid rice paddies in Yasu. Elevation 432 meters.
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View of Mt. Mikami from Karasaki, across Lake Biwa.
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Mt. Fuji as seen from the shinkansen bullet train.
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Smokestacks mar the view of Fuji.
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Mt. Fuji from the air.
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Yoshida-guchi trail entrance sign.
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Yoshida-guchi trail entrance, we started from the 5th station.
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After climbing for about 40 min., we reached the 6th station here. We're already above the clouds.
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Bags of drink cans.
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Rocky trail looking up on Mt. Fuji.
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Looking down at the trail.
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Hut roofs are weighed down with rocks so it doesn't blow away with the wind.
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Rock and more rock on Mt. Fuji.
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A good part of the trail had us going on all fours.
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Mt. Fuji torii
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Our mountain hut on the 8th station, called Toyokan. 東洋館
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Shadow of Mt. Fuji
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We spent the night in the mountain hut with a small dinner.
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Branding my walking stick.
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Our bunk bed.
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Watching the sunrise from outside our hut.
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Reaching the summit.
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At the summit of Mt. Fuji. It was so windy and rainy that we couldn't walk around the rim. Could hardly see anything.
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Going down was tiring too. But better than going up.
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After climbing it, my image of this mountain will never be the same.
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