Small peak

There is a small forest near my house. I found the entrance of the forest and entered it with my son in this morning.
There was a small peak in the forest. It must be the nearest peak from my house.

Walk in the morning

In these days, I don't jog in the morning. After I climbed Mt. Tsurgi and Mt. Daisen, I didn't jog.
So, it was hard job to climb Mt. Ibuki.
Jogging in the morning make tough body. I don't have a cold in the season when I jog enough.
I jogged in this morning after a long interval. It made me comfortable now.

Busy

I'm very busy in these weeks. There is no leeway to write this blog. I don't know when I'll write next.

Human Relationships

Human relationships is difficult.
In these days, I often ignore it because it is messy. It's maybe because of my increased age.
Perhaps, it is not good.

WR250R

I found the YAMAHA WR250R was there in central market in Hiroshima. It is the best bike which I yearn for.
It is the most powerful and high spec bike in 250cc class. But, it is very expensive. I'm really emvious the owner.

Shrimp rice bowl

I ate shrimp rice bowl for lunch today. The restaurant is there in the central market in Hiroshima. As my customer said that it was delicious, I entered there.
As a result, it was delicious. If I'll be around there in lunch time, I'll eat it again.

Gentle and Beautiful Mountain

When I reached ground, the weather had changed fine. Mt. Ibuki looked gentle and beautiful. Nobody could not understand that much snow was there on the top.
During I walk from mountain to station, I satisfied myself. Climbing is most interesting action. Preparation, transfer, climbing, on the top and descendant are all interesting.
What mountain will I climb next ?

Preparation is important

When I was descending from the top, I often slipped on the snow. So, I used light climbing iron which I bought for the climbing.
It made good effects. I could run first at the snowy slope. I understood that preparation was very important for climbing.

Triangulation Point

This was a triangulation point of Mt. Ibuki.
When I step it, I always can realize that I conquer the mountain. So, I always look for it on the top of mountain. But, it may be out of manner.

If it was fine・・・

If it was fine, I could see Mt. Yarigatake. The landscape must made me be moved. Because the Mt. Yarigatake is special mountain for me.
But I was in deep mist on the top of Mt. Ibuki.

Top of Mt. Ibuki

I reached to top of Mt. Ibuki.
Mt. Ibuki is one of 100 most famous mountains in Japan. This was the 10th mountain which I conquered.
There was a ugly statue at the top. It made the ambient bad.
Mr. Kyuya Fukada who defined 100 most famous mountains said this statue was very bad, too.
But, the top was very nice except the statue. I'll never climb this mountain. But, this was nice memory.

Snow mountain

It was deep snow world around the top. It was surrounded by deep mist. So, there were no landscape. I was surprised by the difference between the top and ground.
A little snow fell. Cold wind blew. The temperature must be under 0 ℃.
During I walked it was warm. But, I felt cold at 10 second after I stopped. So, I wore the dawn coat.
Despite it was hard weather, it was a pleasurable situation for me. I enjoyed walking on the snow.
I would reach the top, soon.

Cloudy and cold

It was cold and windy. Mist ran on the surface of ground. As it was bad weather, only several climbers were walking around me.
When I walked, it was hot. But, when I had rest, it was cold. Control body temperature was difficult for such climbing. I want enough wear. But they are very expensive.

Entrance of climbing road

After I walked for about an hour, I reached the entrance of climbing road. There are some hotels and restaurants for tourist around there. They must be for climbers and skiers. But, it was silent town.
A primary school student hailed me loudly. The event made me love this local town. I understood that good hail had a power.
In the cold wind, I started to climb.

Ohmi Nagaoka station

Ohmi Nagaoka station is there in local area in Shiga pref. Nobody was there except me on platform. Station staff was not there, because it was local station.
Distance between this station and entrance of climbing road was about 5 km. But, there was no good transport system for it. And, there were no taxi in front of the station.
So, I decided to walk. Walking is my hobby, too. So, there was no stress to walk for long distance.

Station in early morning

In the morning of climbing day, I checked out the hotel at 5:00, and I boarded the first train which would leave Nagoya at 5：43.
There were nobody except me in the platform. It might be the first experience.
I ate breakfast in the train and waited the train reached the station which was there near Mt. Ibuki.
It may be the most pleasurable time when I'm moving by train.

Sleep in Nagoya

Object of this journey was joining to the meeting about professional mechanical engineers. It is held at this season every year. I always joining it.
But, I couldn't enjoyed the meeting. It's may be because I didn't have motivation about studying about mechanical engineering.
So, I didn't join the drinking party after the meeting. I won't join it next year.
After I reached the hotel, I ate dinner in the room and swept early for climbing in the next day.
By the way, I always put all baggage and items on the floor in the hotel. Because I can find every items easily when I check out from the hotel.

Pork Cutlet with miso

Pork cutlet with miso is a specialty dish of Nagoya. I ate it in the restaurant which was there under the Nagoya station.
I didn't expect the taste, because the restaurant must be for travelers. I entered the restaurant, because I wanted to have a experience which I had eaten pork cutlet with miso.
But, it was more tasty than I expected. The cutlet was very crispy despite the surface was covered by miso. And, smell of miso was fit with cutlet.
If I'll go to Nagoya, I want to go the restaurant again.

Mt. Ontake from Castle Tower

I could see beautiful and large snow mountain from the window of Nagoya castle. It was Mt. Ontake which is one of 100 famous mountain in Japan. It is there in mid Alps.
I was really envious of climbers who stayed in Nagoya. They can go mountains in Japan Alps easily. I should enter a company which was there in Nagoya. But, I was not interested in mountains when I was student.

Colored leaves

Many colored leaves were there on the ground around the fosse. They had many colors. It was like a beautiful carpet.
As this is so beautiful, I use this photo to background of this blog now.

Nagoya Castle

As I had long time until the castle open, I walked around the fosse of Nagoya castle.
Nagoya castle is famous because of the size and the beauty. I had watched it many times in histlical TV programs.
I photoed it with willow leaves because I like the tree. Swan which is swimming in lake make this photo nice.

Midnight Bus to Nagoya

I went to Nagoya by midnight bus. I rode in Bus in Friday night. And I reached Nagoya in Saturday morning.
As I was used to traveling by midnight bus, I could sleep in it well. During I was in deep dream, the bus reached to Nagoya.

1000th letter

This is 1000th letter for this blog ! Congratulations !
I started on August 2010. I continued 3 years and 3 months.
I don't know whether my English level change good or not. But, I'll continue.

Light climbing iron

It is snow in these days in north side of Japan. Mt. Ibuki is there at the area where it have heavy snow. So, I bought light climbing iron.
As it is small and light, there is no stress for bringing it.

40L Backpack

I bought 40 litter backpack on Thursday. At first, I prepared 30 litter's one for travelling Nagoya and climbing Mt. Ibuki-san. But, it was too small. So, I bought it.
The maker is Millet. I thought that this backpack have many useful function. This is the most nice backpack when I compare with other two my backpacks.