[Visited on October 3rd, 2021] The first time I hiked Mt. Myojogatake and Mt. Myojingatake, it was a gloomy, rainy day. Mist was covering everything and I couldn’t see any further than 2 meters in front of me. The otherworldly atmosphere was much appreciated, but considering that there is a literal rim of a calderaContinue reading “Day Hike from Tokyo: Exploring Myojingatake BUT on a sunny day”
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Day hike from Tokyo: The other giant Buddha
Tokyo is all fun and dandy, but have you ever wondered what is there on the other side of the pond? The pond being the Tokyo bay. Well, the other side of the bay is Chiba prefecture, home turf to farmers and fish. Luckily for us, in order to get to Chiba from Shibuya, youContinue reading “Day hike from Tokyo: The other giant Buddha”
Day hike from Tokyo: Mt. Jinba, a mountain with a horse
There are days that you want to be out in the nature, but don’t have the courage to do a long hike. There are also days when you can’t decide on a possible hiking destination between Tokyo and Kanagawa. A mountain with a horse is the ideal solution that can get you out of theContinue reading “Day hike from Tokyo: Mt. Jinba, a mountain with a horse”
Things you find in Japanese countryside (Hint: Spirits)
As you maybe already know, the Japanese people worship a weird mixture of shamanistic Shinto as well as Buddhist gods. Along with the dozens of gods with large names and long titles usually ending in -kami (神) or -mikoto（尊） (like Amaterasu Omikami or Tsukiyomi-no-Mikoto), there are myriads lesser spirits. Japan has a lot of water.Continue reading “Things you find in Japanese countryside (Hint: Spirits)”
Day Hike from Tokyo: Exploring Myojingatake and the Outer Caldera of Hakone
[Visited on September 26th, 2020] Since I recently moved to Kanagawa (again), it makes sense to focus more on visiting mountains inside the prefecture. It is not easy to wake up and head all the way to Saitama after all. Well, considering that I had already been to Mt. Oyama, Mt. Jimba and Mt. Byobo,Continue reading “Day Hike from Tokyo: Exploring Myojingatake and the Outer Caldera of Hakone”
Day hike from Tokyo: Mt. Mitake, Hinode and Konpira
During the peak of the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, people of Tokyo were asked not to leave the capital, in order to prevent further spread of the virus to rural areas. Then the long holiday of Obon came about and everyone was stuck in the city, but soon a loophole was discovered: OkutamaContinue reading “Day hike from Tokyo: Mt. Mitake, Hinode and Konpira”
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