Daisen is over 1,700m tall. This sign came about halfway up.
I spent most of the hike in the company of this group--there were many adults, but they can't hang with the youth.
Two JETs, three exchange students. (The one on the right was the ostensible reason for the climb--homestay families and people associated with her high school hiked up the mountain to "welcome" her. Some welcome, eh?)
The weather was absolutely gorgeous. Clear skies, warm (but not hot) day...my co-teacher (who invited me and Josh, the other JET) said that there are maybe a dozen days this good in a given year.
The mountain trail faces the Sea of Japan, so for much of the way up there's a clear view of the water through the breaks in the trees (not to mention the several lookouts).
Trees thinning--approaching the summit...
...and here it is. There's even a summit shack, complete with a vendor (does he stock by helicopter, or does somebody haul cases up a 1,200m hike?).
The requisite picture with the elevation sign.
The way down had some beautiful sunlight-through-the-clouds effects, which I attempted to capture and embellish with photoshop.
The way down also had some steep declines. It never seems as bad going up...
Back at the bottom. Later, Daisen.
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