June 7th Start&Finish: Ranzan Keikoku Kanko Carpark 嵐山渓谷観光駐車場 The weather: High 31 Low 15 Outfit/Equipment: light hiking trousers, light tshirt, hiking shoes, hat, 1L water. Map: There are lots of routes up and round the mountain and you can easily walk from Musashi Ranzan station. I highly recommend an app like Yamap as it’s easy […]
May 11th. Start&Finish: Parking near Sawaranoyu. We intended to park at the onsen but it was already full! The weather: High 26 Low 14 Outfit/Equipment: Light trousers, quick dry tshirt, hiking boots, gloves, hat, sunscreen, plenty of water. Map: we followed this course again. Crowds: There were plenty of people, and quite a few university […]
May 4th Start&Finish: 法性寺第二駐車場 The weather: High 26 Low 13 Outfit/Equipment: lightweight hiking trousers, sport tshirt, hiking boots, hat, sunscreen (and I should have had gloves but didn’t). 1L water minimum Map: We followed this blog and I’d also downloaded the map on Yamap, which was very helpful. Crowds: There were a few groups around […]
April 29th Start&Finish: Ikusabata station to Mitake station The weather: High 23 Low 11 Outfit/Equipment: light hiking trousers, tshirt, hat, sunglasses, hiking boots. 1L water/mugicha Map: We followed this three peaks course. Crowds: There were plenty of people but not uncomfortably so. Time: 9:15 to 1:15 Difficulty: 22,400 steps, 207 flights climbed. Glorious sunshine on […]
March 23rd Start&Finish: Shomaru station to Agano station The weather: High 24 Low 7 Outfit/Equipment: light treking trousers, tshirt, light long sleeve top, hiking shoes. Map: This was the route we followed. We skipped the first section to shomaru touge (正丸峠) and took the green route straight to Izugatake (伊豆ヶ岳） Crowds: There are more people […]
March 15th Start&Finish: Ogose Machi Chuo Kouminkan Car Park. The weather: High 11 Low 5. Hazy with cloud thickening through the day and the first spots of rain as I reached the car. Outfit/Equipment: warm trousers, sport inner, hoody, down vest, hiking shoes (and hat and gloves later on). Map: I had no particular plan […]
March 9th, 2025 Start&Finish: Higashi Agano station to Agano station. The weather: High 13 Low 1 (but we had sleet and a high of about 6 the day before so the air was cold) Outfit/Equipment: Warm hiking trousers, long sleeve undershirt, hoody, down vest, hat, gloves, hiking shoes. Map: We started off on this map, […]
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 11th Start&Finish: Sawarabinoyu Dai3 Parking lot (there is also a bus stop nearby if you don’t drive) The weather: High 9 Low -3. Sunny but increasingly windy and extremely cold at the top. Outfit/Equipment: Warm trousers, warm long sleeve sport top, hoody, down vest, hat, gloves, hiking boots (waterproof boots and gloves essential for […]
February 9th Start&Finish: Nogami station to Nagatoro Station The weather: High 10 Low -3 Sunny but with a cold wind. Outfit/Equipment: sport tights, warm trousers, sport long sleeve top, hoody, down vest, hat, gloves, hiking shoes. Map: We followed the red course on this map Crowds: Loads of people walking the same trail but the […]