This long weekend, I was determined to head up to the mountains to try to see the autumn colours, before they disappear for the season. A friend, Jamie, and I decided to head to Tanigawa-dake, a mountain on the border of Gunma and Niigata Prefectures. The attraction was meant to be the great scenery, ease of… Continue reading Tanigawa-dake
Tag: Hiking
Typhoon #13 means Yatsugadake not Kitadake
Typhoon #13 came through Tokyo on Friday night and Saturday morning, and stole our trip to Kita-dake. The original plan was to take the bikes on the train to Kofu, ride up to the base of the mountain, then hike to the top at around 3,100 metres. It was to be a 4 day trip, but the… Continue reading Typhoon #13 means Yatsugadake not Kitadake
7am from Yatsugadake
This place is magical, especially in this good weather.
Yatsugadake sunset
2900 metres and the cloud cleared just at the right moment.
Yamanobori preparations
Here’s the state of my living room floor at the moment – I’m getting my hiking gear out for my first overnight Japanese hiking outing.
To no Take
With my new gear in tow, I got out of Tokyo for the first time this trip, and headed out early on Sunday morning on the Odakyu Line to a town called Shibusawa (Kanazawa Prefecture), about 75 mins south west of Shinjuku. From there, it’s a short bus ride to Okura, where some hiking trails… Continue reading To no Take
Jinbocho outdoor shops & Marine Day
I’ve only been in Tokyo for 3 weeks, and am already busily planning how to spend my holidays. Monday is Marine Day (Umi no hi), a public holiday, and I’m planning to go nowhere near the sea. Instead, I’m planning to spend tomorrow up in the Tanzawa mountain range, south east of Tokyo.
Tackling the Tanglefoot Track
Today Shewey and I walked the Tanglefoot Track, which is a bushwalking track that runs along Mt Tanglefoot, near Toolangi and Healesville. The forest here is largely mountain ash, with beautiful myrtle beech and tree fern rainforest pockets in the gullies. The route we took was a 16km loop, starting at the Wirrawilla rainforest walk,… Continue reading Tackling the Tanglefoot Track
The Mustering Flat High Beam Society
Mustering Flat is an alpine plain in the Baw Baw National Park, an easy walk in from the St Gwinear car park north of Erica. It’s one of our favourite places to get away for a bushwalk. There’s a good campsite in the snow gums on the side of the plain, and we took a… Continue reading The Mustering Flat High Beam Society
Mt St Leonard in the heat
Although it got to 37 degrees today, I went for a walk with Shewey and Janet up Mt St Leonard, a mountain in the Yarra Ranges near Healesville. Mt St Leonard is a little over 1,000 metres high, and the walk up ascends around 800 metres. On a hot day, that’s a good work out! … Continue reading Mt St Leonard in the heat