Looking out across the valley towards Mt. Asama, Fumito and I dig into our lunchboxes. We’d made good time summiting Mt. Azumaya, my 49th peak. It was the 4th of June, and the rainy season was just around the corner. “I wonder if I’ll be able to reach the magic #50 before it comes” I [...]
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Mt. Kusatsushirane Chapter 2 – Halfway there
Posted in Gunma hikes, Volcanic hikes, tagged hiking, Hyakumeizan, Japan, Mt. Kusatsu-shirane on June 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Mt. Kusatsu-shirane Chapter 1 – Botched Mission
Posted in Gunma hikes, tagged hiking, Hyakumeizan, Japan, Kusatsu-shirane, snowshoeing on March 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
If there’s ever a maxim for hiking in Japan, then it must go something like this: “The peaks with the easiest access are best visited out-of-season” Hence, our latest challenge: a snowshoe stroll around an impressive volcanic caldera otherwise known as Kusatsu-shirane. Fumito and I rolled into town just before dusk, checking into the cheap [...]
Mt. Sukai
Posted in Gunma hikes, tagged Gunma hikes, hiking, Hyakumeizan, Japan, Mt. Sukai on July 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In order to climb all of the Hyakumeizan, sometimes you have to resort to some physical hardships: financially devastating taxi rides, obscenely tight hiking times, sleepless nights on cramped buses, sleeping in dark corners of train stations. You get the picture. It took quite a lot of thinking before I finally came up with a [...]
