Away from the two main groups of ours queuing
for funicular cable car for nearly an hour, three of us, our guest Maria from
Germany, willing to walk all the way to and from the summit, my colleague Cat
and myself took a route seemingly the least populous, like this.
So-called Biwa waterfall trail, one of the
oldest trails of this region to Kasumidai Terrace located at the same altitude of
upper Funicular cable car station, Trail No.1 jammed with tourists, yet with
some space for walking, Main site of Yakuo-in temple ( We always took an internal
back road), and finally descending to the backyard of Yakuo-in to walk up so-called
Mt. Fuji trail to the summit.
Taking a luncheon somewhere farther than the
summit or descending to Uratakao with bus connection to Takao Station in mind,
we miraculously managed to get a table around the summit while so many people
were eating on the ground even very close to a toilet, and took Inariyama trail
for descent as scheduled only with a very short stop.
My colleague Cat always led the tour nicely
with a bit of contribution of my own on plants.
Our guest, Maria generously told us that
she also enjoyed this venturesome tour of November 20.
We were more than happy, indeed. (by Sumo)
(Summit area with full of people)
