Enjoying the First Snow for Winter 2020 While the snow which fell last Saturday may not have been Tokyo’s first official first snow or hatsuyuki for 2020 (there were a few snowflakes the week earlier) it was this year’s first sizeable dumping...
Early Morning Summit Assault on Tokyo’s Finest Even in shoddy weather Mount Takao sees a hefty share of day-trippers while on good days the summit can get so jam packed as to make you wish you hadn’t bothered. Today’s mission was to find out...
Mt. Ougiyama 扇山 – Mt. Momokurasan 百蔵山 Duration: 6 hours Distance: 13.4 km Elevation change: 824 metres Highest point: 1138 metres Difficulty: Start: Torisawa Station (Chuo Main Line) Finish: Saruhashi...
Naguri Lake 名栗湖 – Mt. Makinooyama 槙ノ尾山 – Mt. Bonomine 棒ノ峰山 Duration: 6 hours Distance: 11.2 km Elevation change: 736 metres Highest point: 969 metres Difficulty: Start: Sawarabi-no-Yu Bus Stop Finish:...
Mt. Hinodeyama 日の出山 – Mt. Mitake 御岳山 Duration: 6 hours Distance: 18.6 km Elevation change: 712 metres Highest point: 902 metres Difficulty: Start: Musashi Itsukaichi Station (Itsukaichi Line) Finish:...
Mt. Kobotoke-Shiroyama 小仏城山 – Sagamiko Station 相模湖駅 Duration: 4 hours Distance: 11.4 km Elevation change: 409 metres Highest point: 670 metres Difficulty: Start: Takaosanguchi Station (Keio Takao Line)...