At 6am we hear the house clock but we do not get up before 6:50. typical Japanese breakfast and they offer us lunch (rice balls) for the hiking. 7500yen/person the stay.
After we gave them some gifts the men took us to the taxi driver to get to know us and then we start a magical path in the mountain at 2600 steps surrounded by temples, budas and waterfalls. At the top the taxi tooks us to hashi-gone gassan (8-point Gassan) where we start a 2h hike up to 1984m summit where a budhist ritual costs 500yen. We have lunch. A steep way down to Yodesen, another pilgrims mountain a bit lower. At the end another budhist ritual but this time we dont get in. We took 4h for the 5h trail and we have to wait now 2;30 for the bus to Tsuruoka. Beer, food and pictures made the time.
In my head I start to make a summary on the trip.
At Niigata we sleep in a business hotel in a single-and-half room.
Eva has ear pain but we don't find an open pharmacy.
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
Between 3 and 16 September Eva and me visited Japan. Again with a small backpack we started up in Tokyo and using our Rail pass we visited all the North, spending several days in Hokkaido. Japan essentials: get into their style, both food and accommodation. No fears.
No comments:
Post a Comment