February Fun Facts part 3, Mt Raizan and early sakura.

Never get tired of hiking the trails at Mt Raizan.

So here we go....

We as in: friend Uli joined me.

 It was still wintery and cold but the weather forecast was good, so no excuse.

We parked at this spacious car-park, what is more or less at the end of the road.

And it has a super clean toilet.

Hey, this is Japan.

Clean, cleaner and cleanest Raizan water.

 Uli had to admit: It's still crisp at the top...0 C degree.

But also zero wind, magic!

 Ouch, part of this mountain road got washed away.

But repairs are being made.. it looks like a few-weeks job.

Raizan is famous for Sennyojin Temple and its amazing garden.

A must visit.

As seen in and around Sennyoji Dai-Hiouin.

And here some early sakura blossom on the sloops of Atago, 

that small hill just around the corner from Alishan.

 Fukuoka Tower is peeping from underneath.

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Not a laundry Monday: Trailing from Mt Raizan to Kanayama.

I know, it should have been a Laundry Monday.

But the weather forecast was perfect ...

... with shitty-windy-wet stuff predicted within 48 hours,

 so we decided to hit the road ...eh ... trail the mountains. 

Not far away, just the charms south of Fukuoka.

And indeed, it became a very enjoyable Hiking Monday.

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Thank you Noriko, Riki, Sachie and Kondou san.

Hope to Trail you Soon.

Salute.