March2nd Start&Finish: Shinrinkoen Station The weather: High 21 Low 4. Intermitent sunshine Outfit/Equipment: Jeans and a long sleeve t-shirt. Map: Here’s the link to the park’s homepage Crowds: Busy in popular areas but quiet on the side trails Time: 9:30 to 2 Difficulty: 25,430 steps After checking on the park’s website and seeing that the […]
February 24th Start&Finish: Shiminnomori Car Park, or there is parking in the Peace Museum nearby. The weather: High 9 Low -4. Beautiful and sunny, but cool in the trees. Outfit/Equipment: Jeans, heat tech, hoody, hat, gloves, hiking shoes. Map: We just wandered round the shiminnomori, then crossed the road over to the Peace Museam. Crowds: […]
February 23rd, 2025 Start&Finish: Higashi Agano Station to Koma Station The weather: High 9 Low -5. Sunny but chilly in the shade. Outfit/Equipment: warm trousers, long sleeve sport undershirt, hoody, down vest, hat, gloves, hiking boots. Map: We stuck two maps together so we started on this route to Ebigazaka, took a trail from there […]
February 16th Start&Finish: Ogose Station to Musashi Ranzan Station The weather: High 16, Low 5. Warm and sunny. Outfit/Equipment: Warm trousers, sport long sleeve undershirt, light long sleeve top, hiking boots Map: We never found a particularly good map but just had a general map of the area. There were plenty of signs. Crowds: Very […]
January 16th Start&Finish: Ranzan Keikoku Sightseeing Carpark (嵐山渓谷観光駐車場) The weather: Sunny and cold. Outfit/Equipment: Jeans, heat tech, jumper, hat, gloves, hiking shoes. Map: I meandered round this area, following each path to see where it went. Crowds: The odd hiker and dog walker. Time: 10am to 12pm Difficulty: 10,748 steps.
December 29th Start&Finish: Okutama station to Kori station The weather: Cold and sunny Outfit/Equipment: Warm trousers, long sleeve heat tech, long sleeve top, vest top, hat, hiking shoes. Map: We followed the Okutama Walking Trail Crowds: Extremely quiet. Time: 10am to 12:30. Difficulty: 16,641 steps.
December 25th Start&Finish: Shinrinkoen south entrance (there is 300 yen parking just outside the park) The weather: Cold and sunny. Outfit/Equipment: Jeans, jumper, light shoes Map: Here’s a link to the park’s own website Crowds: Very quiet Time: 10am-12pm Difficulty: 16,404 steps.
November 17th Start&Finish: Takasaka station The weather: Beautiful and sunny, warm in the sunshine, chilly in the shade. Outfit/Equipment: Jeans, tshirt, jumper, lightweight shoes. Map: I walked to the Peace Museum, then on to the Shimininomori. Crowds: There was a stamp rally for kids in the shiminnomori, but not too crazy. Time: Around three hours. […]