Mt. Kobotoke-Shiroyama 小仏城山 hiking 🥾 Kanto Fureai no Michi lake trail
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Mount Kobotoke-Shiroyama (小仏城) once hosted a small feudal-era fortress, giving it the name “castle mountain.” Today, it offers peaceful forest trails and scenic viewpoints along the Takao–Jinba ridge.
Unlike Mt. Takao’s eight hiking courses which heave with hikers especially on weekends comparatively few tackle this southern ridge course.
Course blog post
We will meet at Keio Takaosanguchi Station BEFORE 8.55am. Please kindly ensure you arrive punctually.
There is a Keio Line service departing Shinjuku (bound for Keio-Hachioji) at 7.47am, arriving at Kitano at 8.30am. Cross the platform for the 8.31am departure, arriving at Takaosanguchi at 8.45am.
◾️After you have applied to join this event, please contact Mark via the Line application quoting your FULL NAME and this message: [Mt. Kobotoke hiking - 15th February] MARK's LINE ACCOUNT
If you would like to bring a guest, please ask me via Line.
◾️参加されるイベントの名前(フルネーム)と日付を付けてマークにLINEしてください。
例: [Mt. Kobotoke hiking - 15th February] MARK's LINE ACCOUNT
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OUR ROUTE:
From Takaosanguchi Station turn right and head up the main road shadowing a stream on your right. After passing under the freeway flyover and crossing a pedestrian bridge shortly thereafter you’ll reach Umenokidaira 梅の木平 which marks the beginning of the Lake Trail (Mizuumi no michi) section of the Kanto Fureai no Michi.
The trail is well marked albeit a number of the signs are faded or missing the ubiquitous round light green logo. As you wander the quiet backroads the first landmark to look for is the Ukai Chikutei restaurant nestled in manicured gardens. Stick to the gentle sloping forestry road and keep an eye on the odd sign pointing towards Takao Green Center 高尾グリーンセンター and thus the trailhead proper.
From the chained off road, the trail narrows as it winds its way up to Misawa Pass 三沢峠 which has some wooden tables.
To the east a path heads up to Mt. Kusatoyama 草戸山, but here we continue west along the Kanto Fureai no Michi.
The undulating ridgeline first climbs Mt. Takamitsu-Terayama 泰光寺山 475 m and on the descent passes a cool looking owl carved from a tree stump.
About 40 minutes from Misawa Pass the outlook finally opens up with views of the Tanzawa range, Fujisan, and Tsukui Lake 津久井湖 below.
Next up is a short ascent to Mt. Nakazawa 中沢山 494 m adorned with a stone kannon and Nakazawa Pass 中沢峠 denoted by a simple triangulation point. There are plenty of maki-michi まき道 or winding paths around rather than over these peaks to save time and effort.
The final two ‘mountains’ before arriving at Otarumi Pass 大垂水峠 are Mt. Konpirayama コンピラ山 515 m and Mt. Obora 大洞山 536 m. Otarumi Pass was another casualty of Typhoon Hagibis and has temporary scaffolding propping up the trail.
Immediately after crossing the footbridge over the National Route 20 (Koshu Kaido) turn left and look for some stairs that re-join the mountain trail.
From here you need to regain lost elevation as you head up to Mt. Kobotoke-Shiroyama 小仏城山 670 m the highest point along the hike. It will take around an hour to reach a trail branch which puts you within 100 metres of the summit.
The mountaintop is home to two teahouses, the Shiroyama Teahouse on the Kanagawa Prefectural side, and Harumi Teahouse on the Tokyo side which do a brisk trade on weekends.
A good place to have lunch is on an open grassland about 20 minutes back towards Mt. Takao. From this lunch spot it’s an easy 30-minute hike to Mt. Takao 高尾山 599 m and a further hour after that via the Inariyama Trail back to Takaosanguchi Station.
Expected distance 18km, walking time 6.5 hours.
Please remember to bring your lunch with you.
Additional fees (approximate):
None
Event fee:
¥750 (discount fee) limited to the first 5 applicants (make sure you contact me on LINE immediately!) - payment is required via PayPay within 24 hours and is non-refundable. If you think you may need to cancel, then choose the option below ⬇️
¥1250 (regular prepaid fee) if you pay by 7pm on 14th February (PayPay, or in cash at an earlier event).
¥1500 in cash on the event day (15th February) - please bring the correct money (see the NOTE below).
If you don't have PayPay, please ask a friend or coworker to do the transaction for you (give them cash!).
Cancellation policy:
- Full refund given for ¥1250 payments if cancellation is notified BY LINE MESSAGE at least 36 hours before the event start time.
- Reservation and then no-showing without prepayment requires full payment of the event fee via PayPay within 24 hours. Further non-payment will result in removal from the group.
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After the event, you may submit a review/evaluation. Please kindly rate appropriately as a low evaluation has an impact on the group. Things you should clearly understand in advance:
- I (Mark) am not a tour guide. For many events this will also be my first time, and events are mainly organised based on intensive internet research.
- Nature cannot be guaranteed, so flower festivals may be impacted by the recent climate.
- We aim to depart on time, however bus schedules might change. This is unavoidable.
- We request participants arrive EARLY. In rare cases we might wait a few minutes if we do not need to take a bus.
- The number of participants is not guaranteed. However we will not have large groups.
- The event finish time might be earlier or later than advertised. The hiking time might be longer/shorter than anticipated. Return bus times are not guaranteed.
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