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 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: […]
Start&Finish: Oyahana station to Wadokurotani station The weather: High 29 Low 13 Outfit/Equipment: Light weight trousers and cool tech tshirt, hat, sunglasses, hiking shoes. Map: I was following this map from Seibu railways. Crowds: There were plenty of people around at the start, and in the park at the top but not many on the […]