Cycling adventure to the summit of Mt. Yahiko
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November 19, 2012: It was a bright sunny day and I didn’t want to spend it indoors in front of a PC screen. Instead I rode my bicycle to a village at the foothills of Mt. Yahiko, about 33 kilometers from home, and walked to the top, the very summit of Yahiko Mountain which is 634 meters above sea level.
It took me 2 hours to ride to Yahiko Village where I spent about a half hour visiting Yahiko Shrine and taking some photographs. After that it took a little over an hour to ride and push my bicycle to the parking lot area near the top. After that I walked 30 minutes further to get to the summit to photograph the view showing the Sea of Japan.
My transportation to Mt. Yahiko
View of Mt. Yahiko an hour bicycle ride from home.
View of Mt. Yahiko approaching Iwamuro Village. The arrow down is pointing to the highest peak and my destination. The peak in the center looks higher only because it’s closer.
View about 3/4 of the way up Mt. Yahiko
Sign says, Mt. Yahiko, elevation 634 meters
Signs on Mt. Yahiko
View of Yahiko Mura, Tsubama and Sanjo cites from near the summit
Visitor at the summit of Mt. Yahiko
Visitor at the summit of Mt. Yahiko
Visitor at the summit of Mt. Yahiko overlooking the Sea of Japan.
Tori Gate at the summit of Mt. Yahiko
Japanese ladies who asked me to take their photo. I first met them only a minute before.
Tori Gate in Tsubame city near Mt. Yahiko. Twenty years ago it was the largest Tori Gate in Japan.
The same Tori Gate facing Mt. Yahiko.
At 3:30 p.m. I left the summit and cycled down the mountain 30 minutes later. It only took me 20 minutes to get to the village below! But home was still 33 kilometers away and now at 4 p.m. it was getting dark. By 4.45 p.m. I got to Tsubame city and photographed the Tori Gate in the photos above. At 6:30 it started to rain but I had an umbrella. I didn’t get home till 8 p.m. with my pants soaked from the rain and thoroughly exhausted. I might have made it back earlier but because I took what I hoped was a shortcut, I got lost. After seeing the Shinkansen train tracks twice after 30 minutes, I realized I rode my bicycle in a circle!
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