登山

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屋久島（やくしま）は、鹿児島県の大隅半島南南西約60kmの海上に位置する島。熊毛郡屋久島町に属し、近隣の種子島や口永良部島などと共に大隅諸島を形成する。

【概要】
面積504.88km²。円形に近い五角形をしている。鹿児島県の島としては奄美大島に次いで2番目、日本全国では9番目の面積である（北海道・本州・四国・九州を除く）。
豊かで美しい自然が残されており、島の中央部の宮之浦岳を含む屋久杉自生林や西部林道付近など、島の面積の約21%にあたる107.47km²がユネスコの世界自然遺産に登録されている（世界遺産への登録は1993年、姫路城・法隆寺・白神山地とともに日本初）。
全島が屋久島町一町に属している。

【宮之浦岳】
宮之浦岳（みやのうらだけ）は、屋久島中央部にそびえる山。標高1,936 m. 鹿児島県、九州地方の最高峰で日本百名山、一等三角点百名山の一つである。また石鎚山 (1,982 m)、剣山 (1,955 m) についで西日本では第3の高峰である。山名の由来は、益救神社の建つ湊の集落が宮之浦と呼ばれるようになり、宮之浦集落の山岳信仰（岳参り）の山として登られたことから。
鹿児島県熊毛郡屋久島町内にあり永田岳 (1,886 m)、黒味岳 (1,831 m) とで屋久島三岳と呼ばれる。1,000万年以上前に地殻変動によって隆起したといわれており、主に花崗岩で形成されている。
山域は、ユネスコの世界遺産「屋久島」として登録されている。

屋久島・宮之浦岳

鹿児島

【日本百名山❻❺宮之浦岳】GW前半戦：大逆転 雨のち感謝のご来光

Kikip

Bandai san Plan:
I drove from Date city in my car and decided to take the quickest route, which led me to Happodai.
	•	I reached at 6:40 am, making my way to Happodai.
	•	Then, at 7:00 am, I kicked off my hike up Mt. Bandai, expecting it to take less than 4 hours, but I took my time taking pics and enjoying the view😍⛰️
	•	By 12:30 pm, I was back at Happodai. After that, I hopped in the car and headed to Kyukamura Urabandai to grab my Bandai badge pin.

Real Deal:
- I got to the trailhead in just 5 minutes. It was a lovely walk, not too strenuous.
- Checked out Nakanoyu (中の湯), which used to be a cool onsen spot but now it's just a bunch of old huts.
- Continued on to the shops, where the hike got a bit steeper, but nothing too crazy.
- Finally, I hit the summit. Funny thing, the summit marker is actually lower than the shrine on top of a big pile of rocks. Took tons of pics.
- The way down was a bit tough if you didn't have a trekking pole.
- After that, I swung by the shop, which also happens to have the best view on the mountain.

All in all, my experience was awesome. I absolutely loved the autumn foliage and couldn't resist stopping to snap pics and videos to remember my hike up Mt. Bandai, one of Japan's famous 100 Mountains.

磐梯山・雄国山・赤埴山

福島

磐梯山

◭↟JEL

❄️🥶Wintery hike in the midst of Autumn 🍂🍁

Earlier today, I decided to go solo on a hike up  Mt. Adatara. I thought the weather would be alright, so I ignored the fact that I had a bit of a fever and only five hours of sleep. Luckily, a friend fed me before I set off because I knew I wouldn't make it to the top without some food and rest.

The hike was pretty intense and, to be honest, a bit risky.Things got a bit hairy when the wind picked up on the way to the summit, and some people turned back. I never expected that, especially since the forecast had promised good weather. But you know what, despite the less-than-ideal conditions, I was overjoyed when I completed the hike. God is always listening, my heart calls for a hike, he gave it and made me everyone safe. 


安達太良山（あだたらやま）は福島県中部にある活火山である。日本百名山、新日本百名山、花の百名山およびうつくしま百名山に選定されている。山頂には二等三角点「大関平」1699.6m が設置されている。別名は、岳山（だけやま）、安達太郎山。山頂はその山容から、乳首山やおっぱい山などと呼ばれる。

安達太良山・箕輪山・鬼面山

薬師岳・安達太良山

ハイキング

It was my first time hiking in Nagano, and it was such a nice experience. Mt. Norikura is an easy hike, the access is pretty easy, just quite long and costly. There are many peaks in the area, I would definitely return there to explore it more.

乗鞍岳（のりくらだけ）は、飛騨山脈（北アルプス）南部の剣ヶ峰（標高3,026m）を主峰とする山々の総称。朝日岳、摩利支天岳、富士見岳、屏風岳など23の山があり、広大な裾野が広がる。日本百名山及び新日本百名山に選定されている。

【特長】
特別天然記念物雷鳥の生息地としても知られており、日本一標高の高い道路である乗鞍スカイラインは自然環境維持を目的にバス、シャトルバス、タクシー、自転車、許可車両以外の自家用車の乗り入れが禁止されている。標高2,702mに位置する畳平まではバスでいくことが可能。畳平からはわずか90分で主峰剣ヶ峰までの登頂が可能なため、充分な経験と装備を必要とする北アルプス南端に位置していながら、他の山と異なり家族と一緒に行きやすい3,000m級の山である。また、乗鞍岳は活火山であり、周囲に広がる平湯、福地、新平湯、栃尾、そして新穂高温泉の総称である奥飛騨温泉郷は豊富な湧出量と日本一の温泉露天風呂数でも知られている。

【概要】
中部山岳国立公園内の岐阜県と長野県にまたがっており、長野県側の麓には乗鞍高原が広がっている。山名の由来は、古くは「鞍ヶ嶺」と呼ばれ、姿が馬の鞍に似ている事から名付けられたとされている。平安時代には「位山」と呼ばれ、1645年（正保2年）頃の乗鞍岳と呼ばれるようになったとされている（幕府に提出された絵図に山名が記載されている）。

【自然】
日本の火山としては富士山、御嶽山に次ぐ高さである。火山体のほとんどは古期火山体で、新期の火山体は山頂付近に分布する火山体や山腹に分布する溶岩ドームと溶岩流からなる大規模な成層火山。裾野が広いのが特徴で、8つの平原がある。12の火山湖（池）があり、山頂直下西にある権現池は日本有数の高所にある池である。山頂付近の積雪が多く、乗鞍スカイラインの開通のために長期間の除雪が必要となる。夏でも一部の北東斜面などには、雪渓が残り夏山でのスキーが可能となっている。

【交通機関】
濃飛バス https://www.nouhibus.co.jp/route_bus/norikura-line/ 

【乗鞍旅行プラン】
山と渓谷社 https://www.yamakei-online.com/yk/article/gifu2016.php 

乗鞍岳

岐阜

長野

Mt. Norikura

Cami

I share this information because you might not want to experience human traffic jam while you go for a hike, seeking for a nature.  Sorry for no GPX data as I was not yet familiar with YAMAP application this time.

The route was Tsutsujigaoka ～ OtatsuIshi.  

I arrived at Tsutsujigaoka parking space at 09:30am and the space was already almost occupied...😳(bit surprised since I hadn't experienced this before in any hiking).  Close to downtown, easy route that can be enjoyed with family from the young to old, visiting in crowded season and condition such as in Golden-week with a nice weather, I am pretty sure you will experience the same.  
Luckily got a few spaces so I parked and got started a hike.

●(09:45 am:  Started a hike from OtatsuIshi course entrance)
I casually took a photo of signboard of guidance at the entrance.  However, I overlooked the content at all since I thought there would be no dangerous points in Tsukuba-san.  If I had paid attention to what it says in the board, I could be ready for what will happen afterwards, at least, I think...
Anyway, I had steps to begin with.  From this point, I could have a clear view of parking lot from above, which it was fully occupied...  Blank at the right is for space for a coach only.  In the beginning, there weren't many hikers so I was optimistic, "Maybe many of them would go to the top via a cable car".  Yet, soon after that with several minutes, the path was filled with hikers...

＜！＞「Very nice Tsutsuji (azaleas) spot」
●(09:58 am:  Tsutsujigaoka Highlands)
After 10 min from the entrance up through small-rock area, Tsutsujigaoka Highlands was there.  In this season, Tsutsuji (azaleas) are very beautifully in bloom with magenta color, between pink and red, so highly recommended to visit.

＜！＞「Good view」
●(10:05 am)
Soon after Tsutsujigaoka Highlands, you will be able to find a good scenery between trees.  You can view Houkyou-san and Lake Kasumigaura there.  

●(10:13 am)
Around here, path is becoming more like a trekking trail.  Looking diagonally upward, you can find large rocks lying on the grounds and slopes.  It's very amazing that plants can root even on these rocks.  Their vitality is some beyond our understandings.  It's also beautiful to look up and see fresh green leaves between spring and summer season.   

●(10:27 am:　Benkei NanaModori)
Arriving at Benkei NanaModori.  Above stone ? rock ? always seems to fall down any moment, but it actually stays.  I wonder how it can stay like this 😳
After passing here, congestion is getting worse…😰  The path was filled with hikers and you’ve got to wait at some points (narrow path section).  People in front clear the point first, then you move forward…
Now I come to realize what the signboard of guidance at the entrance really means.  It says “One-way only”.  In short, the path is used for only up to the top but you may not use it for going down (gotta use cable car to down).  No wonder we didn’t pass anyone going down…I’m pretty sure, there must be full of hikers on the top of Nyotai-san.  Before that, not even sure how long it takes to the top😂
Luckily, it was only a few minutes after entering  One-way only section.  Not many hikers are coming up from behind.  And, no argument between dad and son to stop right here and go back😆

Maybe it’s not that unusual.  But it was a real shock to me as I had never expected to suffer from human traffic jam in the middle of nature (visiting nature for refreshing the things from daily congestion !!)
Changed my mind, we went back without hurry but with taking pictures !
Again, azaleas in Tsutsujigaoka Highlands is really beautiful.  Peak of the bloom is around mid Apr until beginning of May.

＜！＞「Alert of congestion」
If you want to visit Tsukuba-san in a popular season like azaleas peak of the bloom or under such conditions as below,

●GW
●Silver week
●Gantan (Jan 1)
●more than 3 consecutive holidays
●Autumn (autumn color of leaves)
●Nice weather

you should be ready for congestion.  Maybe this is not only for Tsukuba-san but also for any other popular places.  
"Earlier you start your journey, more comfortable it will be 👍!!".


Thanks for reading 😄!

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100 famous mountains of Japanを含む活動日記一覧

【日本百名山❻❺宮之浦岳】GW前半戦：大逆転雨のち感謝のご来光

磐梯山

薬師岳・安達太良山

Mt. Norikura

Tsukuba-san hike (Give up before the peak due to unexpected congestion...😂)