This weekend was the annual all FHI hike. We piled on the FHI bus at 5:30am to drive to the most active volcano in Japan.
The last eruption was in April of 1982, and I was assured the volcano is at level 1 the lowest level of danger, so hiking is ok right now. We saw a few of those little creates on the board, apparently they are a species of antelope, but not like any antelope I had seen before.
There were some really beautiful views as usual on these hikes.
A big group of people came this year (27), here is everyone passing through the tori gate.
A view of the former caldera, and the current peak of the mountain.
Peak marker along with the new caldera forming in the background.
This is Isaka san and a yama (mountain) girl (Seiwa san). Yamagirls are girls who are dressed to the T in the best mountain gear, usually in bright colors. I think the clothing is the only requirement for this title, but she seemed to know about the berries and such as we were climbing so she might not be the superficial yamagirl, hard for me to tell since i didnt talk to her much, as she was the only young girl on the hike so she got a lot of attention from the older guys.
There was a shelter on the top just in case the volcano erupted again.
This ladies sole came off of her shoe, the same thing happened to an older gentleman last year on the FHI hike.
Here is everyone taking a break at the free rest station near the top of the forested area.
At the base of the volcano was an onsen called tengu onsen, the most red onsen in Japan due to all the iron/rust in the water. I guess its ok to bath in that? Tengu is kind of a mythical demon thing, hence the association with red.
The last eruption was in April of 1982, and I was assured the volcano is at level 1 the lowest level of danger, so hiking is ok right now. We saw a few of those little creates on the board, apparently they are a species of antelope, but not like any antelope I had seen before.
There were some really beautiful views as usual on these hikes.
A big group of people came this year (27), here is everyone passing through the tori gate.
A view of the former caldera, and the current peak of the mountain.
Peak marker along with the new caldera forming in the background.
This is Isaka san and a yama (mountain) girl (Seiwa san). Yamagirls are girls who are dressed to the T in the best mountain gear, usually in bright colors. I think the clothing is the only requirement for this title, but she seemed to know about the berries and such as we were climbing so she might not be the superficial yamagirl, hard for me to tell since i didnt talk to her much, as she was the only young girl on the hike so she got a lot of attention from the older guys.
There was a shelter on the top just in case the volcano erupted again.
This ladies sole came off of her shoe, the same thing happened to an older gentleman last year on the FHI hike.
Here is everyone taking a break at the free rest station near the top of the forested area.
At the base of the volcano was an onsen called tengu onsen, the most red onsen in Japan due to all the iron/rust in the water. I guess its ok to bath in that? Tengu is kind of a mythical demon thing, hence the association with red.
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