Yukuhashi hiking: The Kanda alps and Takajosan 大久保山・大平山・諫山・高城山 2021.2.20

 Yukuhashi hiking: The Kanda alps and Takajosan 大久保山・大平山・諫山・高城山 2021.2.20

The weather this weekend really feels like spring! I decided not to waste the weather and get out to hike. I decided on Yukuhashi and Takajosan. I had been planning on hiking in this area since visiting Hiraodai last year. The area has many small peaks and some great views. The trails are very well looked after with a lot of love and going into their up keep. I hiked station to station and decided to explore a lot on the way. 

This lead me to many interesting shrines and features. The first small mountain was a shrine mountain which seems to have a small tomb on the top. Later on I spotted what looked like a cave across the lake, I went closer to investigate and found it to be a temple located in a cave in the mountain called Uchioyama Shoen Temple. It was a great hike so I am glad I made the effort to get out and hike!

As usual link on the title to see the route map on Yamap! 

Wakamatsu Hiking: Ishimineyama and Takatoyama 高塔山・石峰山 & Mizumaki hiking four small mountains 朳山・明神ヶ辻山・多賀山・豊前坊山 double hiking day! 2021/1/30

 Wakamatsu Hiking: Ishimineyama and Takatoyama 高塔山・石峰山 & Mizumaki hiking four small mountains 朳山・明神ヶ辻山・多賀山・豊前坊山 double hiking day! 2021/1/30 

For this day I went to two hiking area just down the train tacks from each other. 

After a rainy weekend last weekend I decided to try and do a lot this Saturday. The weather was not great but the sun broke through the clouds a few times and I even saw a little snow. 

Wakamatsu is ward of Kitakyushu city. The area is coastal on one side and has a lot of industry on the other. This hike had great views of Kitakyushu city as well as Sarakurayama. It was an easy hike with lots of Shrines and views points.

Two hikes on the same day. In the morning I hiked in Wakamatsu and for the afternoon I went back down the train line to Mizumaki for a short course of four small mountains. 

The weather improved so I got some nice views of the area and the Onga river. The Yamap model course has some strange choices. If you plan to hike this area I would recommend using the I used here as I think it is easier.

As usual click on the title for the links to the route maps on Yamap! 

Wakamatsu Area

Mizumaki Area