Hiking in the Kosai Mountain Range (October 14)
Hello! I am going to write about the time I went hiking in the Kosai mountain range. I hadn't exercised in a while, so I was pretty tired(;´･ω･).
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- Umeda Shinsui Park
- starting point of a mountain ascent
- The first junction
- Mt Suyama Observatory
- Hotokeiwa
- Mt. Kamishi
Umeda Shinsui Park
We climbed up from here. It was very scenic with rice fields all around (*^▽^*). The park has a parking lot and restrooms.There is a map at the entrance to the restrooms, so I recommend taking it with you before you climb.(The map is in a box in the post to keep it from getting wet in the rain.)
starting point of a mountain ascent
I had imagined that the road was paved with concrete, but I was surprised to find that it was just like the mountain.( ﾟДﾟ).The entrance is reached by following the road up from the parking lot. 
The first junction
It is one road to this point, so you won't get lost. It took me about 20 minutes to get here. In the meantime, I found a spring water and a pig? I found a spring water and a cute pig? I found a cute figurine of a pig.(*'ω'*).
Various types of this figurine were placed on the side of the road. I wondered who made them.(・・?
At first, we decided to go to the nearest observatory. It was late when I left home, so it was about 11:30 at this point. I brought my lunch, so I will eat it at that observatory.（´∀｀*）ｳﾌﾌ.
Mt Suyama Observatory
The weather was not so good, but the view was quite nice. We could find chestnuts and other things on the road to here, and it felt like fall(^^)/.
We also encountered a snake🐍. It was in the middle of the road. The snake noticed our presence first and ran away, but we were surprisedΣ(･ω･ﾉ)ﾉ！.There were signs and other warnings, but I didn't really expect them to show up.
There was a bench at the observatory, so we had lunch here. I'm a little embarrassed to say that my lunch was just stir-fried vegetables and rice, seasoned to taste.(/ω＼)
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Hotokeiwa
I went back to the first junction and this time I went toward the Buddha Rock. 20 minutes later I arrived at the location of the Buddha Rock, but there were so many large rocks like the one in the picture that I could not tell which one was the Buddha Rock (;´･ω･).As we passed by, we looked back and had a nice view.
I don't know what is ahead, but I still have time, so I decided to continue on(´へωへ`*).As we continued on, we saw a sign and realized that we could get to another mountain in about 40 minutes, so we decided to go.
Mt. Kamishi
The path to Mt. Kamiseki was a little different from the previous ones, with steep slopes, etc., so it was more like mountain climbing than hiking. It was interesting to see various things along the way(^^)/. First of all, there was a fallen tree. It was in the middle of the path, so we had to go through it.
Next is a sign that says "Closed Hunting Area.I found myself in Aichi PrefectureΣ(･ω･ﾉ)ﾉ！.If you are hunting, do you expect to see any animals around here? I hope it's deer or something, but if it's bear or boar, I don't like it.;つД｀)
Next is a nice view. You can see just past the halfway point. This way you can see we've come pretty far up.(*^▽^*)
Next up were the snake shells. There were two beautiful shells, which told us that there were snakes.
We finally arrived at Mt. Kamiishi. The view was beautiful and many people were making coffee and eating. I also saw a group of people who looked like college students running up the mountain, which I thought was amazing(ﾟДﾟ)ﾉ.
※The wooden bench in the photo is almost impossible to sit on because of the small insects flying around it.
There was a very well balanced stone on the way back. I wonder who put it there.(・・?
