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This page chronicles a part of September 19th and a trip to, and climb of, Japan's Mt. Tate (Tateyama), a mountain with several peaks. The highest peak is the 3,015 meter (9,892 feet) Mt. Oonanji. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| Begin September 19th |
On September 18th Kazuya and I traveled, by train, to Toyama City in Toyama Prefecture and stayed in a business hotel for the night. On Saturday, September 19th, we took a bus to Mt. Tate (Tateyama) and climbed that mountain. The first photo here shows our starting point, where the bus dropped us off and also the end of the road. The 2nd shot is an Aconitum sp. flower with the sun shining through it. The 3rd shot gives you an idea of what the mountain looks like.
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As you can see in these photos, it was a little bit cloudy, but mostly just high Cirrus Clouds which added to the beauty of the sky. You will also note in these 3 photos that fall colors are beginning to show up. In the 3rd photo the clouds are really beautiful.
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This first shot shows you one of the peaks which we did not climb. The 2nd shot is a sign which tells you that we are now at Ichinokoshi Mountain Hut, one of many mountain huts on this mountain. When Kazuya called to make reservations for a hut, some days before our trip, he had to call 4 of them to find one with some vacancies. The 3rd shot shows that we are above a sea of clouds - and that was precisely the case. When we left Toyama City on the bus we were below the clouds. We were quite high on the mountain before we got above these clouds.
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The first shot here shows a mountain which is not even part of this mountain range, we don't know what mountain it is, but it's a very sharp peak! The 2nd shot shows our starting point - way down there - the big building to the left of the ponds. The 3rd shot is that peak which we did not climb - the same peak as the photo shown in the first photo of Row 3 - from up above Ichinokoshi Hut (note the roof of the hut at the very bottom of this shot).
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The first photo in this row gives you an idea of the roughness of this mountain and also shows you a bit of fall color. The 2nd shot is the summit of Oyama (Mt. Oh) (2,992 meters = 9,815 feet). There is a large temple here and that little hut at the very summit is a tiny prayer temple for these monks. You will see a monk in a later shot. The 3rd shot is again, looking back at our starting point.
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The first shot here is, as I promised, a shot of a monk standing in front of the tiny temple on Mt. Oh (Oyama). The 2nd shot is looking towards the direction we are going - the large mountain way out there is Mt. Tsurugi (Tsurugidake). It is 2,999 meters in elevation and is called (according to Wikipedia) "the most dangerous mountain" climbable. It looks dangerous on the map too, and for this reason it was not our intention to climb this peak. It is, however, very photogenic and you'll see several photos if it here. The 3rd shot is also the direction we are going, and it's a peak which we did climb - Mt. Oonanji.
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Here is a shot of beautiful clouds and a huge rock. The 2nd shot is Kazuya on the trail. The 3rd shot is looking back at the tiny temple on Mt. Oh (Oyama).
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Here is one more shot looking back towards Mt. Oh (Oyama). The 2nd shot is the trail way out ahead of us (zoomed in). In the 3rd shot - also zoomed in - you can see our destination for today - the Mountain Hut to the right in the photo, nearly hiding behind the shoulder of the mountain. At this point we were not sure it was our hut, but we assumed that it was.
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Here is the summit of the highest peak of Mt. Tate (Tateyama) - Mt. Oonanji (3,015 meters = 9,892 feet). The 2nd shot is another shot of Tsurugidake (Mt. Tsurugi). The 3rd shot looks ahead of us to the north.
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The first photo in this row is an interesting knife-edge or sawtooth ridge off towards the east. The 2nd shot is that same mountain as shown in the first photo in Row 4 - an unknown mountain way off to the south of us. The 3rd shot is looking back towards Mt. Oonanji.
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An interesting and dangerous looking peak along the way. Our Hut and Mt. Tsurugi - zoomed in. And our hut and Mt. Tsurugi not so zoomed in.
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Looking to the north to Mt. Masago (Masagodake) (2,861 meters = 9,386 feet). The 2nd shot is looking the same direction as the first one, but it was taken 6 minutes later and therefore is quite a different angle. The 3rd shot is looking down at an area called Jigoku-dani (Hell Valley in English). Lots of steam coming up down there! In the lower right hand corner of the photo you can see a Hot Spring Hotel, which we will visit tomorrow for a bath!
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