The original plan was to: Hike to the summit of Mt. Kumotori Hike down to the Kamozawa Bus Stop Walk to the Tozura Pontoon Bridge Take a bus to Okutama Station Eat lunch around Okutama Station Hike to the Shiomaru Dam via the Hikawa Gorge Hike to Hatonosu Station Take a train from Hatonosu Station […]
By hiking standards, we got up quite late at 8:00 am. The earliest bus from Seibu Chichibu Station was at 8:30 am. Typically we like to take the earliest bus possible which is usually at 6:00 am or so. It gives us more cushion on the backend in case something unexpected happens. We got to […]
Our Hiking Mt. Kumotori trip started bright and early in the morning. The trip would be four days and three nights. We packed our bags the night before and were out the door by 5:30. We used the Seishun 18 ticket that we purchased the day before and took a 6:08 Joban Line train for […]