Mt. Nabekura, 1288m

IIyama is well known for many old Buddhist temples. But I haven't ever visited any of them. This town is surrounded by many mountains such as Mt. Madarao, Kosha, Takappyo, Kenashi and Nabekura. Those are very beautiful to see and I have ever climbed most of them so far. Nabekura is the one that I feel like trying it again. It attracts me very much in some words like the others.

One sunday I tried it again after the last year mountaineering. Through the obon holidays in Japan the weather had been very tough and hot but it was somewhat milder and likely to rain this day.

There must be the entry along the prefectural road 95 but I couldn't find it because there was no signboard along the road that can be seen in running cars. So reluctantly I choosed the one at Sekita Toge, the same as last year try.

Mt. Nabekura has a lot of beech trees on it so I walked along the path through those very old trees. Anyone who walks there would feel so comfy that it would be fun like me. There are so various shapes of the trees that they interested me a lot. The big ones are famous as "Morihime" and "Moritaro". This time I lost the chance of seeing them because of the time out.

Via Mt. Kurokura about mere 15 minutes later I reached the summit of Mt. Nabekura again. I remembered the place where I visited last year. It doesn't have wide windows but small one for Joetsu city. However, dense fogs didn't let me see the town well. I proceeded more 20m away and found the small place where I could see the view of IIyama city. It was clear in that direction.

There were so many dragonflies flying on the summit. The rather big kinds of dragonflies and its body is more than 15cm long. It was so comfy there that I took a long rest.

This mountain is the one of the typical "satoyama"s. You can enjoy forests of beech trees and light mountaineering with your kids and family. It would sound very nice to have lunch boxes with you to the summit. In addition, you could enjoy beautiful turning leaves there in autumn.