Mt. Reisenji, 1875m

There is Mt. Reisenji nextdoor to Mt. IIzuna. Most people think it is a part of IIzuna so only little know about it.

Reisenji was a very old temple but now it moved to the other place so you find it as only historical place. I was surprised to know that it is more than 500 years old now.

More than half way to the top I walked and walked under dark woods. I couldn't see any vews there. One and half hours later I passed by 'sankaku iwa' (triangle rock) and found the signboard saying '38 minutes to the summit'. Don't you think it is something strange? Anyway I kept walking.

Then I found some flowers along the path. They are very pretty and beautiful. Very many kinds of flowers made me excited and I was happy to see them.

All the way this mountaineering I didn't meet anyone climbing it. This fact shows it is not very known for climging. Anyway I enjoyed it today, though the weather was so foggy that any views couldn't be seen.


The signboard says this temple enshrined 5 gods. They are very popular in Japanese legend.

Kurumayuri

Matsumushi-sou

Tsurigane-ninjin

Flower garden beneath the summit


Tsuru rindou

Yama-odamaki



Umebachi-sou

A butterfly, 'Ageha', on Azami

It took 2 hours to the summit today. I took a lot of pictures of flowers. If the weather permitts, you could see Mt. Myoko, Hiuchi, and Japan sea over there.

Mt. Yunomaru (in Ueda, Tohmi, Tsumagoi)

I climbed Mt. Yunomaru (2,098m) last weekend. This was the third time for me. This mountain is located at Ueda, Tohmi and Tsumagoi-mura. I joined a ham radio contest there.

I went to the foot of the mountain and stayed a night in the car so that I could start to climb very early in the morning.

Though I saw very beautiful stars in the sky around midnight there, there was dense fog around nearby mountains when I woke up at five in the morning. I had a light breakfast and then got started to climb.

On the way I passed by 'Yunomaru camping site', 'Central fork point' and 'Mushohtoh fork point'. I found the blue sky between clouds sometimes so I expected it would be better weather on the top, although it had been very windy and dense foggy while I was climbing.

At last I got to the summit and it was very strongly windy there. However, I set up a small radio antenna(skydoor antenna) at the back of a big rock and I got on the air, on 6 meter band of ham radio. I made contacts with Tochigi and Ibaraki, though a few with Tokyo, Chiba and Kanagawa. I think they are blocked by Mt. Asama. I also made many contacts with Tohoku area, Tohkai area and Tottori.

But I enjoyed a ham radio although I only could set up a very small antenna. After I made 50 contacts, I decided to stop it and go down.

In early morning I was surronded by so tense fog that no good views could be seen. But later, around 10 AM, the fog was gone and it turned very fine. At last I could see mountains with a 360 degree field of vision. I even saw Mt. Fuji!

Next time I want to climb Mt. Eboshi as well as this Yunomaru.


Mt. Asama and the radio antenna

Hakusan furo

Matsumushi sou

Yama hotarubukuro









Mt. Fuji at the center. Can u see?

Mt. Omeshi, 2160m in Takayama vil.

I had given it up because the weather forecast says it would be bad. However, I got up late in the morning and then found that it was fine above high mountains. Quickly I set up my zack and left for Mt. Omeshi-dake.

I got the entrance, Kenashi Toge at 10 in the morning. I saw some poeple flying gliders there. It was fine there although there were clouds over Mt. Shirane and Asama and I could not find them. After setting up myself for minutes, I got started to walk.

Ten minutes later I got to the peak of Mt. Kenashi. And then it took fifty minutes to the summit of Mt. Omeshi. The path was so well maintained that you don't need to be afraid of bad underbush of bamboo grass. Walking through several underbushes and wet silvas, finally I reached the summit. It was broader than I thought and doesn't have trees except bamboo grass. You could see nice view from there if it was fine.

It was a weekday and this mountain is not so famous that I met no one all through the mountain. Moreover, I couldn't see any nice view under the cloudy and misty weather. I didn't heard any sounds of people or cars. At last I felt somehow lonely there. When I found the new signboard of the name of the mountain on the top, I felt better.

I was so glad to walk and get to the peak. After about thirty minutes tea break there, it was getting worse and nearly raining. So I decided to start to walk down this mountain.



Yakushi sou


Gozen tachibana