Climbing "San Bon Yari"
This weekend, Bryn and I climbed the tallest mountain in Shimogo, called 'San Bon Yari'. After setting out early we were thrilled to walk into the middle of between 10 and 20 'Nihonzaru' - Japanese monkeys. I've seen them once before, but this was my first time up close. They weren't too bothered to see us and even the babies seemed happy jumping branches while we watched.
After I led us up the wrong stretch of snow we ended up with one hell of a climb to the top. We were pretty relieved when we reached the path that runs along the ridge. From green summery trees down in Shimogo, we climbed through the late cherry blossoms and back to snow that remains stuck in the gullies. 
I'm hoping to do some more hiking before the rainy season starts in June. Next I want to travel to Oze - a lake in the south-west corner of Minamaizu that crosses into the Nikko national park. There I can climb "Hiuchi dake", which is the tallest mountain in northern Japan.
posted by Matthew Fulford at 9:00 pm
1 Comments:
Hi pal! I was just surfing on the internet and your blog really got me. You see, I'm a big fan of Japan, specially the Japanese people, because they are very polite and very persistant in what they do (at I least I think so).
What I'm trying to say is that it's nice to see how they live there, so far away, and your posts seems to bring interesting info about the country and its culture. Perhaps one day I'll have the pleasure to visit Japan or maybe even live there. But that's for the future.
Anyway, congratulations on your experiences, thanks for the info and, if possible, keep updating with some more cultural aspects of Japan, like holidays and the things about animals, for instance (like the deers thing you wrote). I'd love it!
Keep climbing until you reach the top. :) Thank you for your attention.
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