藤向堂　Fujisakido

Summary : I need sunglasses and crampon to climb Tanzawa between Dec to March. 　　Even though I visited the same exact mountain in the last week, I wanted to climb up there from the other side my myself. I originally planned to start from the bus stop at  Yabitsu peak, but I heard the bus stop was temporarily closed down due to the snow fall last week. So, I decided to get off at the alternative bus stop at  Minoge  bus stop. It left Hadano station at 7:05 and reached the destination around 7:30ish. Hadano - Minoge time table Hadano - Yabsitu time table      It took 1 hour extra walk to get to Yabitsu peak using Kashiwagi path. The path is peaceful with natural fountain and old remains of villages. That was good. However, when I reached Yabitsu peak, there was a bus. Geez, the bus line was fine and operating. I should have taken the bus line to Yabitsu bus stop to save my energy for an hour's walk, but well, Kashiwagi path was beautiful and usef...

    Even though I am still under my rehabilitation regimen, I was craving for hiking. So I decided to climb up Toh no dake . This is the first attempt of the long hike after my injury.     I usually prefer Mt. Hiru in Tanzawa, located in the north side of the area, however, since my left arm is not completely recovered yet, I decided to climb more popular and well-managed mountain than rusty Mt. Hiru , so that the risk of tripping over on the route is relatively less, presumably.     The Ohkura route has steep stairs literary forever to the top of Toh no dake . The route is called Baka -O-Ne (A ridge with simple, stupid stairs) Since this route is quite well-known, well administrated and have huts and bathrooms.     We left home around 4:45 am, and reached to the 24 hour  parking lot  nearby the entry point of the hiking trail in Okura around 6:15 am. The parking fee is 800 yen for a day. The parking lot machine only accepts 10...