Bike and Hike to Kanayama in Fukuoka.

Bike and Hike to Kanayama.

One Sunday Morning in March, 7 AM:

The weather was perfect,

the fish-market was done and

the mountains were calling.

So....

No excuse Not to Go.

It was just an hour peddling with only at the end of the ride a little bit of elevation..

Easy.

Found a good spot to park and lock the horse.

Always something funny to read..

Never forget your camera ;-)

Nature is so much more in harmony than...

...this mikado of pipes, bars and wire...

Wayyy in the distance is Meinohama with Alishan.

And yes, we can see the top of Kanayama from our cockpit.

The top,  967.5m above Alishan's Floor level.

Here and there still some wintery stuff.

This too is Fukuoka.

Yep that was another nice Bike and Hike.

(BTW: At the trail, i met no more than 10 other hikers).

Salute.

Pre-arrival PaperWork for visiting yachts to Japan.

Noticed that a lot of links left and right to the 

JAPAN COAST GUARD

Pre Arrival PaperWork  have been broken.

This one still works:

http://www.kaiho.mlit.go.jp/ope/apply/hoan00-e.html

contact me if you need a fax/ mailing address.

February Fun Facts part 4, Around Mt Hiko, Kyushu

One crispy February morning found us 

at Mt Hiko, Kyushu.

Marijke with camera searching for birds,

and me with a small back-pack heading to the top and around.

 The famous temple at Mt Hiko is located at the end of this stone-steps-struggle.

(In making and in climbing).

The reward for climbing all these stone steps: 

You can ring this huge bell!

After the temple, there are still a few more stone steps, but later on the path becomes more knee-friendly. 

The trail is all well marked for the usually many climbers 

...but not this beautiful day. Met only a handful.

Awesome ice-particles as the ground was still freezing up at night/early morning.

Looking West....

...and looking East.

 The top as seen from the next hill-top.

 Going down at the other side from the mountain. 

One slippery part has these very-man-made-steps.

Who says stones don't grow....?

Time to refill the water bottle, do it here!

 At the end of the mountain trail there is, surprise, another temple.

Of course with a patiently waiting cow to be rubbed for your own health reasons. 

Hint for where to re-enter the trail ...

 Easy and pleasant going.

Yes, yes yes,

Deer!!

Showing off neh....

Mt Hiko famous noodle shop, 

run by the same owners for oodles of years.

Don't think the interior has changed much those years.

Luff it.

And yummy food too.

Spotted this Girls Festival Display at another location.

  Salute.

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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