Hiking on Takao-san

On Thursday, I went to Takaosanguchi with Slovak/German guy to do some hiking on Takao-san (mount Takao). We got to Takaosanguchi at arround 12h30 and started the route at around 13h, after taking a few pictures at the starting point:

And then we started the walk:

 
The surroundings and the walk were both beautiful. The weather was perfect because it wasn't to cold nor too hot on the way up.

 Half way to the top we had a view point but unfortunately the sky wasn't as clear as what we'd wished for...

Unfortunately, it was a little misty so we didn't get to see Fuji-san from the top of Takao-san. It got a little chillier on our way down, but nothing a sweater couldn't solve. 

 Below picture is not just a river, that small river is the route down. We were 'jumping from one stone to the other trying to avoid getting wet feet since neither of us really had the appropriate 'gear' (as you'll notice on above picture) for this route, but we managed anyways. It wasn't to hard of a route.

 Below you can see a small shrine we met on our way down. Unfortunately it was already closed by the time we reached it.

 We took a different route on the way down that on the way up (there are 7 routes on mount Takao). Below picture was taken on our way down and the horizon line of the picture is the route we used to go up. There is however a cable car as well to get to the top of the mount.

 It was fantastic day and I really enjoyed the walk. After that we took the train back to Tokyo (about 1h30 to get to Tokyo) and had dinner together as it was Matus (Slovak/German guy) last night in Japan. He's leaving this evening to Thailand to continue his trip for one more week. I'll say goodbye for today, as it's lunch time and Matus might drop by soon to say goodbye.

Do not hesitate to leave a comment or send me a mail to say hi. Byebye