Tengu Tour on March 11, 2017

Report on the TENGU Tour held on 11 March 2017

Although it was still cold in the morning, the weather was fine. Our guests were a "relatively" newly married couple from Brazil. They have been living in Tokyo for the last two years. Looks like they are still lovey-dovey.

On the way, we took a cable car leaving 10:00 am and then followed Trail No. 1 going through the precinct of Yakuo-in Temple that is the main religious structure in Mount Takao and then headed for the peak of Mount Takao.

We arrived at the main hall of Yakuo-in earlier than usual.  So, we could see a group of Buddhist priests march in procession to the main hall to hold the Goma Fire Ritual scheduled at 11:00 am.

Although the weather was reasonably good and we managed to see Tokyo Sky Tree, high-rise buildings in Shinjuku, etc. from "Kasumimae Observation Deck", we could not get the whole picture of Mount Fuji from the peak of the mountain due to some unwanted clouds, which was unfortunate.

We took lunch around the peak of the mountain.  On the way back, we took a different route on foot following firstly Trail No. 1 switching to Iroha no Mori Trail, and then followed Trail No. 4 going through a suspension bridge called "Miyama-bashi Bridge" which was exciting to our guests and then again back to Trail No. 1.

By the lunch time, it got warm enough to see some young guys wearing just T-shirts.  Spring is just around the corner.

Coming back to the foot of the mountain around 2:00 pm., we took a picture together with the guests, then said "Good-bye" to them.

Written by Shiro