May 25th Start&Finish: Moroyama station to Higashi Moroyama The weather: High 23 Low 14 Outfit/Equipment: Jeans, tshirt, light zippy, light trainers Map: My main goal was the rose garden, then I just followed the signs. Crowds: Plenty of people at the rose garden but other than that, hardly a soul Time: 11:30 to 3:30 Difficulty: […]
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, […]
September 22nd Start&Finish: Ogose station The weather: Warm and drizzly. Outfit/Equipment: Lightweight exercise trousers, vest top, t-shirt, hat, raincoat/umbrella (I had a raincoat because I hate carrying things but the other half opted for the cooler umbrella). Map: We wandered around lost for a lot of time. There are maps of here. It’s difficult to […]