荒平山（福岡県）

Late afternoon walk through the woods with a stop at the beautiful temple Tokueiji. The leaves are looking good🍁 Then I hiked over to Arahirayama for some nice views of Sawara-ku and Nishi-ku and surrounding mountains. It had been a while since I had climbed there, and the summit and second peak have been worked on quite a bit since then. The trees have been cut back so views are much more expansive now. 🤩 On the way down there was a multi-piece drum group playing music with flutes and all sorts of percussion instruments.🪘 It was fun to walk down listening and I walked along to their rythym. It’s always an interesting mountain for me when I imagine what it must have been like with the castle structures on the top. How they lived, what did they eat, how did they get water up there…Fascinating stuff. 🤔

油山の尾根ルートの西の端にある荒平山を歩こうと、先週油山に登ったのに、来ました。 今回はABYBNFからのスタートです。旧も～も～ランドはリニューアルされ、BACK TO NATURE ABRAYAMA FUKUOKAと、言うそうです。ネーミング長くて、入力が面倒です。キャンプ場、フォレストアスレチック、軽食、スタバもあります。 油山山頂から荒平山まではトレーニングルートでした。往路は急坂を下り、下り、復路は同じ道ですから当然、急坂登り、登り。きつかった～

早良厚生園登山口から登りました。 山頂までゆっくり登って約１時間でトウチャコ。途中に岩を抱いた蛸のような木や二の丸跡からの眺望などで楽しめました。😄