Mt. Azumaya in Chikuhoku and Omi (1387m)

On the gazebo just minutes before the summit you could enjoy the extremely beautiful scenery of North Alps mountain range. Though it was not very good weather when I tried it, I thought how big and tall North Alps mountains are, to see only a few mountains between clouds.

I started to climb it at Higashiyama district of Chikuhoku village. You would find it is not so hard work climbing this mountain as the slopes are not so steap. I reached the gazebo and the summit about an hour later.

On the top of it there stood a small building of the temple to be surprised. It is wider than I thought and very comfy to stay for a long while. It has an old growth forest area of beech trees on the northern sides of it. I took a lunch on the summit and took a rest for an hour.

There are two mountains that have the same pronunciation like 'Azumaya san'. The one is one of 'Hyaku-mei-zan' but the other, which I climbed this weekend, is lower one and located in just the center of Nagano ken.