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Hiking from Musota to Yamanakadani on December 10

On Sunday, December 10, I walked from Musota station,JR, to Yamanakadani station for 14 km with 21 Hiking club members. We gathered at JR Wakayama station at 8 o'clock in the morning and took a train at 8:12. We got off at Musota station which is located north of the Kinokawa river. We started walking from there along Senzu river and after two hours walk, we reached to Ennogyoujyadou.Ennoozunu was the founder of mountaineering asceticism and the founder of Kumano kodo "Okugakemichi", World Heritage. And this place is where his mother had died and her tomb is here. So the place is called Hakanotani, or "tomb valley". Last month when we visited Kozan temple in Misaki Chou, we visited her tomb also. There are many legends about them.
From Ennogyoujyadou we climbed up to the Mt. Unzanpo, 490m high, the highest mountain in Wakayama City and the Wakayama-Osaka border. We could enjoy the good view of Osaka Bay as we did last month.
After 7 hours walk, we got to Yamanakadani station which is famous for its cherry blossom viewing. Some members had pedometers and the number of steps counted almost 30,000.
The weather broadcast had told that it would be rainy in the afternoon, but it was sunny and warm and we had a good hiking.
Let me tell you about my Hiking club. It is Junior high school PTA Hiking Club. It is for student's parents and teacher's club. The history is more than 40 years. Every month except August we have a monthly hike. There are five leaders and every leader makes two or three plans every year where to go for hiking. I joined the club when my doughter entered the school 26 years ago and ever since I have climbed hundreds of mountains in the Kansai area.
Y. Sugawa

by wakayamakiga | 2017-12-16 09:37 | 須川由美子 | Comments(0)

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