Monday, April 28, 2008

"Tadachi no taki" hike









     



            

Monday, April 21, 2008

Takatoriyama hike(1398m)-Seinaiji village











We, 28 enthusiastic hikers with 3 local guides, had a welcome fireworks on the top, tonjiro (pork soup) for lunch and at the end of the hike a glorious cherry blossom viewing. Great fun! Thanks everyone.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Ibuki 1377m

Number of hikers: 5
Leaders: Justin and Sergio
Train to: Omi Nagaoka on the Tokaido line (1110 yen each way plus bus to start of the trail)
Weather: Clear and sunny with lots of snow (70-80cm)
Highlights: Trying to slide down the slopes, curry and rice at the ski restaurant

Photos here: http://picasaweb.google.com/jomynard/Ibuki

Monday, February 11, 2008

Mt. Miyagi (361m) and Mt. Goi (464m) hike







Event: Mt. Miyagi and Mt. Goi hike



Date: February 10th, 2008



Tranportation: We took the 9:48am Meitetsu express train to Meiden Akasaka Sta. (change at Higashi Okazaki Sta.)- 900 yen each way.



Number of hikers: 8



Hiking time: 5 hours



Grade: 1 star



Leader: Sergio

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Ikeda-yama, 923.9m

Event: Hike and onsen visit
Number of hikers: 6
Leaders: Jo & David
Weather: freezing; some snow
Transportation: 8.09 train to Ogaki and then the 8.44 Yoro line train to Ikeno (1090 yen each way). From Ikeno, we took a taxi a short distance to the start of the hike (400 yen per person).

Sunday, December 9, 2007

CHIC End of year Party

Over 30 people came along to the Brazilian restaurant for our end of year party. Takashi won the 3000 yen jackpot in the janken game, and Sergio's team demonstrated their expertise on the subject of CHIC and mountains by winning the quiz. Kaori's impersonation of a mountain bird is the funniest thing I have seen all year.

Sample quiz questions:

1. Name one mountain in Japan beginning with each vowel (A, E, I, O and U).
2. Name 3 hikes that the club has done twice this year
3. What are three benefits of hiking?
4. How do you say "peak" in Japanese?
5. What were 5 dishes at this year's CHIC autumn BBQ

Get practicing ready for next year!

Some photos here. If you have more, please share your link by adding a comment.

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Sanpo, ogura and Yoro Mountains

Event3 peaks: Sanpo, Orura and Yoro Mountains, Gifu

Grade

2 star
Transportation
8.01 Kintetsu train from Nagoya to Kuwana (arrive 8.21)
8.45 Yoro Railway line from Kuwana to Yoro (arrive 9.35)
Cost: 980 yen each way.

Number of hikers

11


Weather

Clear, warm and sunny
Details
After a walk through Yoro park, we got to the famous Yoro waterfall. Here we left the crowds of leaf-viewers behind and headed up the steep track to bag three peaks. We really enjoyed the autumn colours and the views.

Hiking timeAbout 6 hours including breaks, souvenir shopping and photo stops

Leaders

Jo and David


Photos