Category: Shiga
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Loose pictures: May / June 2024
Views which did not ended in a post of their own.
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The Sun at the summit
+1250m / -1250m / 17km It’s mid-June and it’s hot. I’ve prepared a few things for a Mount Fuji climb at the end of August. Stories about watching the sunrise from the summit gave me an idea: to climb Mount Bunagatake at night (after discovering it this winter), in the cool, catch the sunrise, and…
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Hikone, Omi-Hachiman
I arrive in Hikone late in the morning to visit the castle, one of the 12 with a donjon still intact. It is also one of the 5 castles listed as National Treasures of Japan (the others being: Himeji, Matsue, Inuyama, and Matsumoto). It is located on Mount Konki and overlooks the city. Everyone walks…
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Bunagatake
+1250m / -1250m / 16km The sun is still behind the hills as I arrive at Hira Station to climb mount Bunagatake. It has been on my list for a while, and the weather forecast finally convinced me, even though it snowed last night. I got snow crampons yesterday, hoping not to need more (gaiters…
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Mount Horai
+1180m / -1180m / 13km Get up at dawn to climb Mount Horai. This mountain overlooks Lake Biwa, and a gondola lift has been built close to the summit. A few ski slopes and a panoramic restaurant are to be found there. I join with a friend at 7am at Kyoto station and we leave…
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A day with WHO
I meet at 10:45 am at Mikumo Station in Shiga Prefecture, to walk with the WHO (Wonderful Hiking Organization) Meetup group. We wait a few minutes and then set off. There are 24 of us! We take a quick break in a kombini and leave quietly. We pass by the ruins of a castle and…