@I like the feeling of achievement when reaching to the contact with nature, a forest bath, and a summit, and arriving at them, and it sometimes walks in the mountain.
Climbing
@Mt. Chausu (1,915m): I was going to go by bus from Kuroiso Station of JR Tohoku Main Line to the Nasu ropeway, but I was able to go by bus only to the Daimaru hot spring of this side, because of the ropeway by driving cancellation for wind velocity 30m. After the giving up the climb of Mt. Chausu because wind was very strong, and having looked at the mountaintop of Mt. Chausu in the Daimaru hot spring, I walked the nature trail and crossed "the azalea suspension bridge" visiting the noted places of "the azalea" and I was on the way and ate the rice ball which I brought. I observed the place called a desolate "killing stone" without it was the noted place concerning "nine fox legends", and the trees and plants growing and walked afterwards to Nasu Yumoto for around one hour 30 minutes. Come back to Kuroiso Station of JR Tohoku Main Line by bus from Nasu Yumoto and to the home left for home. (2013year 8th of May)
@Mt. Kintoki(1,213meters):The highest peak of Hakone outer rim of a volcanic crater surrounding Lake Ashi is Mt. Kintoki. I get on to Tougendai of the Hakone mountain climbing bus from the station square of Odawara of JR Tokaido Line and get off at Sengoku bus stop. I start mountain climbing at the Kintoki mountain climb entry, and climb the slope of the forest zone to the Yagurazawa Pass. I walk the ridge while looking at scenery of Lake Ashi and go ahead through the dangerous footing carefully, and arrive at the mountaintop where Mt. Fuji shines in beautifully. I ate the rice ball deliciously on the mountaintop. I descend a mountain to the other side and go down the mountain path via Otome Pass and arrive at the Otome entry bus stop. I left for home since Kintoki Sakata dropped in at the Kintoki shrine on the way. (2013year 6th of March)
@Mt. KisoKoma(2,956meters):I go to the toll parking lot of Komagane Hill in prefectural road 75 from Chuo Expressway Komagane IC by car and take a route bus to Shirabi Plate. I got down on Senjojiki with a ropeway. Senjojiki Carl had remaining snow, but an alpine plant bloomed and competed. Mt. NakaDake and Mt. Houken soar forward. I finished climbing the steep slope of Hattyou Slope and climbed Mt. NakaDake and aimed at Mt. KisoKoma next. I withdrew to the saddle with Top mountain Cottage and climbed the slope of the creeping pine back and stood in the top of Mt. KisoKoma. The magnificent prospects opened out and took the photograph of Top mountain Cottage and Mt. NakaDake and the Mt. Houken from Mt. KisoKoma. Various alpine plants were beautiful. (2012year 12th of August)
@Mt. Baker(3,172meters):We borrow a rent-a-car and run an ice field park way to link the Jasper to lake Louise from Banffshire. An exclusive passage palces for an animal to cross is built in the middle of the highway. We stopped a car in the parking lot of 105km from Banffshire and we got off and walked the slope towards Bow summit(2,070meters) for ten minutes. A small animal were seen along this way. We overlooked the Peyto lake from the observatory of the Bow summit and enjoyed the beautiful view of Mt. Baker and the emerald-colored Peyto lake. We performed Canadian Rocky drive of 300km in total length from Banffshire to Jasper and looked at the scenery of the neighboring magnificent mountains and we was on the way got off and thoroughly enjoyed beauty of a lake and a waterfall and the ravine. (2012year 12th-15th of June)
@Mt. Oyama(1,252meters):I arrive at Isehara Station of Odakyu and take a bus until Daisen cable. I went to Afuri shrine in the halfway up a mountain using a cable, and walked towards the mountaintop of Oyama for 90 minutes. I came across two Japanese deer on the way. I arrived at the mountaintop. While the neighborhood of mountaintop was easy to be slippery because of snow, but checking crampons step by step after eat "the rice ball", and having taken a ceremonial photograph, and hung to Afuri shrine for 60 minutes, and descended a mountain. I arrived at Afuri shrine and came back to Isehara Station using a cable and a bus. A plum bloomed, and spring approached.(2012year 11th of March)
@Mt. Yasaburo(1,058meters):I arrive at Chuo Line Kofu Station and arrive at Tenjinbashi by a route bus. I enjoyed strangely shaped rocks and Kakuen peak or Senga waterfall while looking at the colored leaves of a maple and a ginkgo. I walked from a panoramic observatory to the Mt.Yasaburo and appeared on the mountaintop of the Mt. Yasaburo whom a big round rock got on when I climbed it along a chain. A vast panorama of 360 degrees was looked at from the mountaintop. After the circumference of the mountaintop took a ceremonial photograph fearfully on a precipice, I started on my way home as a return journey at a place same as an outward trip. I was able to enjoy autumn colored leaves and a scene of nature. (2011year 13th of November)
@Mt. Shibutsu(2,228meters):I got off bus from Joetsu Shinkansen Jomokogen Station in Hatomati pass and started mountain climbing towards Mt. Shibutsu since I purchased a rice ball lunch at about 10:30. I ate one rice ball which I brought because I was hungry on the way at about 12:00. It was 13:00 that I arrived at the top of Mt. Shibutsu. Because I was prohibited from a descent from a mountain to Yamanohana of there, I came back to the original course from the top of Mt. Shibutsu and arrived at Hatomati pass at 15:00. I tasted the grilling fish with salt of the char with beer in Hatomati pass Rest station. I came back to Joetsu Shinkansen Jomokogen Station on Sekigoe traffic bus again in Hatomati pass and started on my way home. (2011year 19th of September)
@Mt. Kirigamine(1,925meters):We arrives at the parking lot in front of Kirigamine Royal-in by car via National highway No. 152, Venus line from Chuo Expressway Suwa IC. We took a walk around a village place of the day lily in a hill of Venus. We stayed overnight at a cottage of the Lake Shinshu Suwa Enryou Heights and, in the cool of the plateau of Shinshu, had the delicious soba which an soba expert made and enjoyed a karaoke afterwards. (2011year 18th-19th of July)
@Mt. Amagi(1,406meters):I arrive at the parking lot in front of the Amagi plateau golf course by privately-owned car via Shonan bypass after cooking a fried egg and rice ball in a house. I change into mountain climbing shoes and leave towards Mt.Banjiro. I arrive at the Mt. Banjiro while the chirping of cicada is intense. I leave towards Mt.Bansaburo after eating only one rice ball which I brought because I learned sense of hunger. It was able to overlook Mt.Fuji from the rocky place on the way. I arrived at the top of the Mt.Bansaburo one and a half hours later and I ate lunch which brought deliciously. I came back to the Amagi plateau golf course via Karesawa turning point. I took four hours by mountain climbing after a long absence, and 20,000 steps were tiring very much on foot. (2011year 10th of July)
@Mt. Asama(2,568meters):It is come by privately-owned car via Joetsu Expressway to Mt. Asama-yama visitor center in the sea level 1,973m. I changed into mountain climbing shoes using a parking lot around the Kurumazaka Pass and started mountain climbing toward the Mt. Kurofu(2,404m). I viewed Mt. Mizunotou(2,202m) and an Asama skiing area and Southern Alps from the halfway up a mountain and ate "the rice ball". I looked at magnificent Mt. Asama from the rock peak of the Mt. Kurofu which was the outer rim of a volcanic crater of Mt. Asama and photographed a souvenir picture. I descended a mountain after this from the Mt. Kurofu and came back to the Kurumazaka Pass. (2010year 6th of November)
@Mt. Akagi(1,828meters):I arrived to Mt. Akagi visitor center by privately-owned car via Kanetsu Expressway. I prayed safely on the way in famous Akagi Shinto shrine in a row of pine trees. It is nearly 2 PM to have arrived at the Mt. Akagi visitor center, so I gave up the climbing and took a photograph backed by Mt. Komagatake (1,685meters) at Mt. Akagi visitor center. I went round the Onuma outskirts and took a photograph backed by Kurobisan (1,828meters). I took s photograph at Kakumanbuti of a plateau damp plain. Trees turned red in the Mt. Akagi and thoroughly enjoyed the autumn arrival. (2010year 17th of October)
@Mt. Tateyama(3015meters):I got off the bus from Nagano Shinkansen Ueda Station in Ougisawa and fell in a trolley-bus in transfer Kurobe Dam and got on a cable car in transfer Kurobe Flat and went down. I went down next at a broad perspective peak on the ropeway, but was able to be filled with haze without being endowed with weather from here to Tateyama (3,015meters). I went down on the tunnel bus next in Murodo and took a walk to Mikuriga Pond and Hell Valley. I appeared in Bijodaira by bus and went down on the cable car at Tateyama Station. Furthermore, I went down on the bus at Toyama Station. I went to long-cherished Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route, but unfortunately was not blessed with weather with Tateyama. (2010year 16th of August)
@Mt. Zao(1841meters): Mt. Zao is the totally name including Mt. Kumano(1,841m), Mt. Zizou and Mt. Katsuta etc. I got off the bus from Yamagata Shinkansen Yamagata Station at Zao Spa and traversed Mt. Zizou, Mt. Kumano and Mt. Katsuta. It was filled with haze by a strong wind, and 20m ahead was in an invisible state. At Okama lake, I found the timing when haze occasionally disappeared by a strong wind and took a photograph. Arrive at the Mt. Katsuta mountaintop bus stop about 2:00 p.m., and looked for Yamako bus, but there is only on one flight per day by departure from 1:00 p.m.. So I came home since came back adversely on the course , and descended a mountain from the Mt. Zizou, and soaked in footbathing in Zao Spa. (2010year 20th of July)
@Mt. Aso(1592meters): Mt. Aso is the largest active volcano in Japan, and is among the largest in the world. It stands in Aso Kuju National Park in Kumamoto Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu. Its peak is 1592 m above sea level. The central cone group of Aso consists of five peaks: Mt. Neko, Mt. Taka, Mt. Naka, Mt. Eboshi, and Mt. Kishima. Aso has one of the largest caldera in the world. The caldera has a circumference of around 128 km, although sources vary on the exact distance. (2010year 20th, 21th of May)
@Mt. Daibosatsu(2057meters): I went by privately-owned car to the upper Nikkawa pass to climb Mt. Daibosatsu and fell at a parking lot and climbed the Daibosatsu pass through fortune Zhuang from the upper Nikkawa pass. I stood in the top of Mt. Daibosatsu via a thunder rock since I ate lunch. Wind blew and was very cold in the ridge to go from Daibosatsu pass to Mt. Daibosatsu. I came back to upper Nikkawa Pass from Mt. Daibosatsu via a Japanese larch ridge. (2010year 25th of April)
@Mt. Tsukuba(877meters): I went from "Tsukuba Station" to the Mt. Tsukuba Shinto shrine entrance by bus to climb Mt. Tsukuba. I aimed at the top of the Mt. Nantaisan (871m) from there and walked. It was wrapped up the day before from the halfway up a mountain by the snow which fell. I go out from the top of the Mt. Nantaisan to Mt. Nyotaisan (877m) through Miyukigahara . After having enjoyed the prospects on the mountaintop, I traced "white cloud bridge course" around the strangely shaped rocks mysterious stone-floored room, "the stand rock course" along the ridge and appeared in the azalea hill. I came back from the azalea hill to "Tsukuba Station" by bus.(2010year 27th of March)
@Mt. Tounotake(1491meters): I went by bus from Shibusawa Station to climb the Mt. Tounotake and went down at Okura. I aimed at the top of the Mt. Tounotake from there and walked earnestly. I climbed it while checking it step by step not to slip because it was wrapped up from the halfway up a mountain by remaining snow and did not prepare crampons. I had a short rest on the way in a mountain hut, but found wild child Sika Deer near on this occasion. I took times four hours and half from Okura and finally reached the summit. I began a descent from a mountain since I ate "the rice ball", but snow and a slant had a hard time other than sudden sake thought and arrived at Okura for two hours and half later. (2010year 7th of February)
@Mt. Takao(599meters): I climbed suburban Mt. Takao. I visited a shrine for a new year on the way by the House of special remedy in the halfway up a mountain. I use the Omotesando course and arrive at the top. Many mountaineers adopted a break / lunch in the top. I enjoyed the view of the circumference since I ate "the rice ball" which I brought with me. I use the loquat waterfall course to the way home and descend a mountain. I took a time in the loquat waterfall on the way and observed it. (2010year 10th of January)
@Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group Mt.Kuro(1984meters): I travel for the first time in life in Hokkaido. I thoroughly enjoyed Nature and the contact of the animal. I used the ropeway from the foot of Soun-kyo Gorge which the Ishikari River flowed through and climbed it to the fifth stage of the Mt.Kuro. I was walking the walk course of the fifth stage, and several times came across Hokkaido Chipmunk. Hokkaido Chipmunk flew about it between bamboo leaves and ate "an acorn". I came across Eversmann's Parnassius which was called "the living fossils", but did not come out to a photograph. (2009year 30th of July)
@Yaku Island and ShirataniUnsui Valley(800meters): I did trekking with wife and daughter. The natural rest wood of Yaku cedar primeval forest which applies for about 30 minutes by car from the colony of Miyanoura and spreads near 900m from the altitude of 700m. (2003year September) A walk is taken in sands, and the place that Loggerhead sea turtle lays eggs was seen direct on 18th of September. We did trekking on the ShirataniUnsui valley on 19th of September. Next day's all morning plans stop because of a typhoon, and we catch breakfast in a hotel and check out and are shipped high-speed ship of the Kagoshima line. On consent, by boarding, it is very high, a shake is intense, and a wave arrives in Kagoshima by delay for 1 hour. Kagoshima to Tokyo An airplane reaches operation and safe Haneda beforehand as during scheduled time.
@Mt. Tsubonegadake(1029meters): The displeased Mt. Tsubonegadake was challenged. (1992year 28th of November)
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@Okukooti Valley, Mt. Kurusu(1038meters):I took up a job in Mie leaving my family behind for three years since April, 1991. On the holiday of the company, I tramped over hills with company's people. A mountain could be climbed on the mountain of the beautiful famous place of Japanese pampas grass, the whole distance of Sosa-mura by the side of Nara Prefecture and Misugi-mura by the side of Mie Prefecture could be run, and one day very effective in compensating the daily shortage of physical strength was able to be passed. (1992year 25th of October)
@Mt. Azuma small Fuji(1800meters):The district regular meeting of summer of a Japanese Philatelic society Insect stamp sectional meeting was held in Urabandai. After taking a walk and coming out of the Goshiki swamp to a paradise common through the "Azuma skyline" with the Aizu sightseeing bus, the Mt. Azuma small Fuji climbing was met by the terrible wind also on the start and the summit at the stones of sand. (1976year 1st of August)
@Mt. Fuji(3776meters): After going into the company, the No.1 mountain of Japan "Mt. Fuji" were climbed with the men of the same department of company. There were few plants and there were very many roads of a pebble or sand. However, the view when standing on Mt. Fuji and a summit truly was wonderful. (1971year)
@Mt. Ontake(3063meters): While reciting "it is pure 6 root" together with a mother and attaching in night using a nature cane, I walked and the mountain of faith "Mt. Ontake" was climbed. The impression when seeing "morning sun" reached from a sea of clouds on a summit still remains in memory clearly. (1966year)
@Mt. Yarigatake(3180meters), Mt. Sugorokudake: The full-scale mountain was climbed only after accompanying its high school days at mountain climbing of the friends of an elder sister and an elder sister. The summit in Mt. Yarigatake was a narrow sudden inclination, and it reached the summit, following chain. (1964year 20th of July - 23th)
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