On Silver Week 2012, I went hiking in Kamikochi, heading on a relatively easy path to Myojin-ike (明神池).
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Mirror Pond: Myojin-ike
Posted in Hiking, Nagano, Photography, tagged autumn, fall, Hiking, japan, Japanese poetry, Myojin-dake, Myojin-ike, Nagano, photography, poetry, Ryokan, September, waka, Zen on 2013/09/11| 2 Comments »
Hakusan Misadventures
Posted in Hiking, Ishikawa, tagged 白山, Hakusan, Hiking, Ishikawa, mountain, nature on 2012/01/19| 2 Comments »
My recent post about Shirakawa-go reminded me that I hadn’t actually discussed the ways in which Hakusan, Ishikawa’s holy mountain, has tried to take me out. First, I feel like I need to stress that Mt. Hakusan (白山） is not a bad hike. It’s not an easy hike for a beginner, but even if you don’t have all the right hiking equipment, it’s not impossible. Japanese hikers will go all out with the hiking gear, and if you have the equipment or the money to buy some, there are plenty of athletic stores like Montbell in Kanazawa.
Bettôdeai - the start of the trail
Tateyama 立山: Foundations of Stone
Posted in Hiking, Sight-seeing, Travel, tagged ハイキング, 立山, 雄山, 雄山神社, 雷鳥沢, Hiking, hiking in japan, hiking tateyama, hut, japan, jigoku-dani, jigokudani, mountain, mountain climbing, murodo, murodou, onanjiyama, oonannjiyama, oyama, oyama jinja, oyama shrine, Raicho-zawa, Raichou-zawa, tateyama, Tsurugi-gozen Goya, 剣御前小室, 地獄谷, 大汝山, 室堂 on 2009/10/09| Leave a Comment »
In which our heroine cues the Lord of the Rings soundtrack.
Pause for dramatic music.
The first weekend in October, I left my hobbit mouse hole for an adventure at Toyama Prefecture’s Tateyama 立山. (more…)
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