Mt Takao and Mt Fuji
On November 1, the weather was good, so we decided to take a trip to Mt Takao.
The ticket offices for Chairlift and Cable-car were located very close to the underground station, so we found them without any problems.
On our way up, I took some photos of trees that already started to change the colour.
Arriving at the point of our destination, we could see Tokyo from above. On the observation deck, we took some photos as well.
Then we went along the trail number 1 because there were many interesting places on the way.
This is famous the octopus tree. I don’t know why they put the tree behind the bars, probably they didn’t want people to put their hands inside. The hands could be bitten off, you know. :)
Here is lucky sculpture of octopus. People were supposed to rub it for a good luck. I wanted to disinfect it with alcohol and then to do some rubbing but then I thought that the octopus might take my actions as insult. It was better not to provoke old Gods, just in a case. ;)
Those kind of sculptures were all around the place. Apparently, people were supposed to rotate the wheel, saying some mantras. Since we didn’t know any, we decided to skip it.
On our way up, we saw various interesting objects like small praying places, sculptures of Gods and Gate of suffering. The last looked interesting because the Kanji that represented the suffering (苦) was carved in the stone and lower part was so big that people could actually pass through.
Eventually, we reached Yakuion Temple that was beautiful with a fine wood work.
Shorty after the Temple, we reached the top on Mt Takao.
We were lucky because the weather was still good and we could see famous Mt Fuji from afar.
On the observation desk, many people were sitting and eating together despite the pandemic. Well… Japanese people didn’t care much about the social distancing, apparently.
After taking photos of Mt Fuji, we found an entrance to the trail number 6. We wanted to take it because there was some famous waterfall in the end of it.
It took us some time to get to the waterfall. I thought it would be accessible for all but there was a gate that prevented us from coming closer to the waterfall. Near the waterfall, there was only guy who did some kind of ceremony. Apparently, getting under the water had some religious meaning, being a part of monk’s training.
Well… It was an interesting adventure and a great exercise. I wish you were there! :)
The ticket offices for Chairlift and Cable-car were located very close to the underground station, so we found them without any problems.
On our way up, I took some photos of trees that already started to change the colour.
Arriving at the point of our destination, we could see Tokyo from above. On the observation deck, we took some photos as well.
Then we went along the trail number 1 because there were many interesting places on the way.
This is famous the octopus tree. I don’t know why they put the tree behind the bars, probably they didn’t want people to put their hands inside. The hands could be bitten off, you know. :)
Here is lucky sculpture of octopus. People were supposed to rub it for a good luck. I wanted to disinfect it with alcohol and then to do some rubbing but then I thought that the octopus might take my actions as insult. It was better not to provoke old Gods, just in a case. ;)
Those kind of sculptures were all around the place. Apparently, people were supposed to rotate the wheel, saying some mantras. Since we didn’t know any, we decided to skip it.
On our way up, we saw various interesting objects like small praying places, sculptures of Gods and Gate of suffering. The last looked interesting because the Kanji that represented the suffering (苦) was carved in the stone and lower part was so big that people could actually pass through.
Eventually, we reached Yakuion Temple that was beautiful with a fine wood work.
Shorty after the Temple, we reached the top on Mt Takao.
We were lucky because the weather was still good and we could see famous Mt Fuji from afar.
On the observation desk, many people were sitting and eating together despite the pandemic. Well… Japanese people didn’t care much about the social distancing, apparently.
After taking photos of Mt Fuji, we found an entrance to the trail number 6. We wanted to take it because there was some famous waterfall in the end of it.
It took us some time to get to the waterfall. I thought it would be accessible for all but there was a gate that prevented us from coming closer to the waterfall. Near the waterfall, there was only guy who did some kind of ceremony. Apparently, getting under the water had some religious meaning, being a part of monk’s training.
Well… It was an interesting adventure and a great exercise. I wish you were there! :)