Mt. Takao has a bunch of different paths you can follow, but we picked the one that would lead us straight to the summit. We planned on taking a different pathway down. A popular option when hiking Mt. Takao is to just take the cable cars that are provided. A little ways up the mountain, there's a temple and a monkey park. Yes, a monkey park. There is some species of monkey that is native to the area. The path we took led us by that, so I was excited to go.
I think the time we went at was best, because there was still a lot of foliage left.
(I hope you're not tired of my foliage pictures left, because I have MORE.)
Hiking was a bit harder than we thought it would be, so we took frequent breaks. There were far less people climbing than coming down, so most people were using the cable cars that day, I figured. At some of the resting points, there were awesome views of Tokyo.
Eventually, we got up to the monkey park!
The temple was the most crowded part of the hike. I didn't take any pictures; at that point, we just wanted to get to the top.
At the top! It was kind of foggy that day, so it's hard to see, but if you look closely at the fourth picture, you can see Mt. Fuji in the background. Even looking at it in person, it was hard to spot it unless you were really looking for it.
Our plan was to take a different trail to the bottom and see a waterfall that was on the way, but for some reason, we weren't allowed to hike down the path we wanted to. We decided to go back the way we came instead.
It was almost dark by the time we got to the bottom, so we decided to head home. This ended up taking a lot longer than we thought because I screwed up on the train directions whoops. But it was still a fun day! I'd like to hike the different trails again when it's warmer.
That is really cool. I enjoy your crazy number of pictures; it's a nice looking place.
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