Hiking matters #741: Mt. Sobo (祖母山), forested mountain in Kyushu
Continued from Hiking matters #740: From Mt. Aso, we headed to a very nice guesthouse called LAMP at the foot
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Hiking matters #633: Mt. Mitake (御岳山) and Mt. Hinode (日の出山)
It was late autumn in Tokyo and I wasn’t sure how cold the mountains have become so to test the
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Hiking matters #634: A late autumn hike up Mt. Ryokami (両神山) in Saitama, Japan
TOKYO – Capping off my year of hiking in Japan, I managed to push for a hike up the 1728-meter Mt.
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Hiking matters #632: Mt. Amagi (天城山), the highest peak in Izu Peninsula, Japan
TOKYO – A day after climbing Mt. Daibosatsu, I continued my weekend hiking by heading down to Izu Peninsula and climbing
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Hiking matters #631: Mt. Daibosatsu (大菩薩嶺) in Yamanashi, Japan
TOKYO – The summer rains drenched my plans to make a Hyakumeizan run – I ended up with 5 instead of
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Hiking matters #627: Mt. Azumaya (四阿山) in Nagano, Japan
My fifth and last summer hike in Japan – after the rains drowned my prospects of more – was Mt. Azumaya
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Hiking matters #624: Mt. Nasu (那須岳) in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
TOKYO – Encouraged by my successful Mt. Zao hike, I decided to climb Mt. Nasu (那須岳) in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
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Hiking matters #621: Mt. Odaigahara (大台ヶ原山) – my 25th Hyakumeizan
= After doing Mt. Ibuki and Mt. Nosaka, we proceeded to the highlight of the trip – a hike up Mt.
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Hiking matters #620: Mt. Nosaka (野坂岳) in Fukui, Japan
A day after the hike up Mt. Ibuki we decided to rest and just to visit Kobe and Uji –
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Hiking matters #619: Mt. Ibuki (伊吹山) in Maibara, Japan
OSAKA – As part of my series of birthday hikes I went back to Japan to continue my Hyakumeizan quest.
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