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 […]
June 1st Start&Finish: Nago (名郷 ) stop to Sawarabinoyu (さわらびの湯) bus stop. The weather: High 25 Low 15 Outfit/Equipment: light weight trousers, cool tech tshirt, hat, hiking shoes, 1L water Map: We followed Yamap and signs on the trail. You follow all signs to Warabiyama (蕨山), then once you reach it, all signs to Sawarabinoyu. […]
May 18th Start&Finish: Musashi Yokote station to Higashi Agano station The weather: High 28 Low 17 Outfit/Equipment: dry tshirt, light hiking trousers, gloves, hat, hiking shoes, 1L water. Map: We took this map along for reference but took a different route up from Musashi Yokote station Crowds: No one for the first half, then a […]
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 […]
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 […]