2019年4月11日木曜日
Internal Tour for Plants Hunting held on April 7 2019
So-called spring
ephemerals, different kinds of violets, sprouts of various deciduous trees, and
on top of them, cherry blossom!!
This is for
showing you some photos I took during our exercising tour, very enjoyable in a
nice warm weather with nice 4 colleagues anxious to learn more about plants in
Mt. Takao region.
(We didn’t
actually “hunt” plants, of course, but did admire various plants as is the case
of “Momijigari”).
Stupa exceptionally
open today to celebrate the anniversary of Buddha.
Yoshino cherries
around the lower cable car station.
One of around 20
species of this genus growing in Japan. With its peculiar shape of flower, it’s
called in Western English speaking countries “Cobra Lily” or
“Jack-in-the-Pulpit”.
One of Anemone,
very common and often spreading wide along the bank of a stream. You can enjoy
this flower for a few more weeks.
A popular
raspberry with its nice taste to bear fruits in orange color in a month or so.
It’s named in
Japanese with a meaning of “Maple raspberry” by the shape of the leaf.
A violet with a
name of Takao.
I told my
colleagues how to identify different species of violets just ignoring my old
saying, “Violets are violets”.
Hill cherry along
the trail No.1
A kind of Oxalis.
First found this day that English term of oxalic acid was so named by this
plant.
Yoshino Cherry and
Oshima Cherry around the upper cable car station.
Cherry blossom at
a plateau called Icchoudaira, reachable by 40 mn walking from the summit.
(By Sumo)
2019年4月4日木曜日
Wednesday 3 April
We welcomed two lady tourists from
Philippines. They and us (Sally, Nabe, and I) met at Takaosanguchi station at
9:15 and started.
We used the cable car and walked to the
summit.
The ladies were very friendly so we talked
a lot while walking.
Fortunately, we saw beautiful Mt.Fuji from
top of Mt.Takao.
After lunch we enjoyed making paper cranes,
which we call them “Orizuru”, one of most popular Origami in Japan.
2019年2月26日火曜日
Regular tour February 20, 2019
Regular monthly tour of February was held
on February 17(Sun). This time we had four guests i.e , two were botanists from
University of Hawaii and two ladies of their friends lived in Japan. Four TENGU
members hosted the tour. Needless to say ,our Plants Expert ,Sumo-san, was a
main player to respond Hawaiian botanists’ requests. It was another fine and warm
day, but it was not so busy compared with usual weekend. After assembling the
Takaosanguchi station, moved to the cable car station to catch 9:30 departure
coach. At the mountaintop station,we managed to purchase the Tengu-yaki, the
most popular and million seller sweets in the region, though Kei-san had to be patient
making a queue to buy them. We thoroughly enjoyed the taste and texture. At the
Yakuouin temple, we met group of Buddhism priests led by the sound of triton trumpets, heading to the
Gomadan fire ritual.
It is still middle of winter now, obviously
it is by no means good season to observe plants, tree leaves and flowers ,however Somo-san
found some plants like Yamarurisou (Omphalodes japonica),Kan-aoi(Asarum nipponicum),Shunran(Cymbidium
goeringii) .
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| Kan-aoi |
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| Shunran |
He also picked up suitable topics on the trees
and plants to satisfy the guests’ interests. Well done Sumo-san, we are very
proud of you!.
Even though it was a fine day but a little
bit hazy ,therefore the views of the Mt. Fuji and Tokyo city centers’ skyscrapers
from the summit were not very clear.
For the descend ,we walked the Inariyama trail
,which is approx. 4km ridge way course , enjoying hearing birds singing and feeling
of the fresh air in the forest.
Whole program ended at the cable car
station at around 3:00PM. It was very present and friendly tour indeed. We
received very kind and worm appreciations from the guests.
Looking forward to having the guests and an
opportunity to guide again!
Written by Tad,
2019年2月6日水曜日
Private Tour on ５ Feb. 2019
We welcomed a Spanish guest who has been
living in Japan for 6 years.
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We started walking to the top along the trail No.1.
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She was interested in so many things that she asked us a lot.
She was a good walker and sometimes made it hard
for us to catch up with her.
In front of the monkey park. After this, we went into the park.
An earnest learner, interested in everything she saw.
 
Washing coins in the water, praying to be rich.
A serious photographer, not
to miss anything. (NO PHOTO sign is meant for inside only)
A bit hazy, yet we could enjoy panoramic view
Finally arrived at the summit.
Lunch at SOBA (Buckwheat) restaurant on the summit.
On the famous suspension bridge.
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JICA TOUR
The first JICA Mt. Takao tour of 2019 was held on February 2, 2019.
As many as Fourteen guests from eight different
countries joined the tour and four members of our TENGU group hosted them. It
was absolutory clear and sunny day though felt bit chilly.
After meeting and brief introduction at
Takaosannguchi Station of Keio Line at 9:30, we moved to the Cable car station.
The cable car climbed up from 200m to 472m height, rail track length is1000m,
in approximately 6 minute and then started to walk aiming the 599m height summit.
Views form the observation points were excellent. Skyscrapers and the Sky tree
tower of Tokyo city center, which are 50-60km away, were clearly visible.
Due to some snowfall on the day before the
tour day, parts of the trails surface were still covered with icy snow and was getting
very slippery, therefore we were forced to pay extra attentions for safe walks.
Our efforts were reworded by the magnificent view of Mt. Fuji at the summit.
On the return journey, we chose a chair
lift instead of the cable car and enjoyed better open views with a small thrill
during 15 minutes ride.
Whole tour ended safely at the cable car
station at just after 2:00pm and confirmed each other the tour was a great
enjoyment. It is always making guide staff happy to hear some appreciation
words from guests. Looking forward to seeing visitors from all over the world.
Tad,
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