Minamibōsō hiking (Kinone Pass and Reisui Peak)
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To join this event please see below and send me a message on LINE. Without this, you will not find out our meeting point. EVERYONE needs to do this EVERY TIME, including those who have participated with me previously.
***Discounted event fee (¥800) for early applications. See below***
Join us for a beautiful hiking trail in the heartland of the Bōso Peninsula. Our route takes us along the Kinone Pass (木ノ根峠) towards Reisui Peak (冷水ピーク) and Iwabu Lake (岩婦湖).
There should be various including: Tokyo Bay, Sagami Bay, Mt Fuji, Mt Nokogiriyama, and the Miura Peninsula.
We will meet at Iwai station at 11.25am. **Please kindly ensure you arrive punctually**. The Uchibo line train leaves Kisarazu at 10.30am, arriving at 11.20am.
◾️After you have applied to join this event, please contact Mark Sensei via the Line application quoting your FULL NAME and this message: [Minamibōsō hike - 19th July] 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:[Minamibōsō hike - 19th July] MARK's LINE ACCOUNT
定員の都合上、お連れ様がいる時は事前にLINEでご相談ください。
OUR ROUTE:
From Iwai station head south on a busy road before turning left onto a quiet lane through the countryside. Next, turn right onto a path parallel to the railway tracks, squeezed between the bay and the hillside. Half an hour later, you should reach the entrance of Takasaki park (高崎公園) and continue straight on the slowly rising path.
You will soon be high enough to get a view of the colorful beach house rooftops.
Turn left onto a curving log staircase, and after about an hour after starting you should reach a viewpoint at the top of the park. You can see the dark blue waters of Tokyo and Sagami bays, with the outline of the Miura peninsula beyond; directly below, is Iwai bay, its light blue waters contrasting with the green forested ridge on the north side.
Mt Fuji, is normally visible to the northwest according to an illustrative sign board.
Head back to the park entrance, and turn right onto a road leading away from the blue sea and into the hills.
You will eventually reach the entrance of the hiking path on the left - a peaceful trail, through beautiful nature.
A little after 90 minutes, you will reach Kinone Pass (木ノ根峠 きのねとうげ kinone-touge), its name meaning “tree root”. Despite being a pass, it’s one of the hundred low mountains of Boso.
The trail is faint, but thanks to pink ribbons attached to branches, you will emerge from the trees onto Reisui Peak (冷水ピーク), just before 2hours, and be rewarded with a panoramic view to the north: you can see the two bays, Miura peninsula and Iwai beach; in the distance, you can see the skyscrapers of Yokohama, and the ragged top of nearby Mt Nokogiri was visible.
After, go down the same way, and follow a road to a tunnel, the start of the “Harada-yama Sawayaka Gaidou” (原田山さわやか街道), built on top of an old highway.
After emerging from the unlit tunnel, walk on the road and pass through two more dark tunnels.
After 3.5 hours you will reach Iwabu Lake (岩婦湖 iwabuko), at the bottom of a slope lined with cherry blossom trees. From the lake it is approximately another 30 minutes back to the station.
**Additional fees** - none
**Please remember to bring your lunch.**
Event fee:
¥800 limited to the first 7 applicants (make sure you contact me on LINE immediately!) - prompt payment is essential to guarantee this reduced fee.
¥1250 if you pay by 7pm on 13th June (PayPay, or in cash at an earlier event).
¥1500 in cash on the event day (14th June) - 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 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.
How to calculate your review appropriately:
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4 stars) = The event was generally ok, but there were a few things that you weren't happy with (please provide further details).
⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3 stars) = The event was disappointing (please provide further details).
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Minamibōsō hiking (Kinone Pass and Reisui Peak)