Day 9 – Hiking In Kamikochi, What You Need To Know
Kamikochi Valley
Monday, 11 July 2011
Goodbye to Kamikochi, back on the bus to Hurau Onsen…
It was enough time in the mountains without having ice gear with me, next time that would be different! On the last I was invited up Mt Jonan, which would have been great; I had met the hut owner two nights before – famous in the area, he had been running the hut for a very long time. The climb definitely needed crampons and an ice-axe, next trip.
Hirayu Onsen is tiny, seems practically deserted after the crowds around Kamiokochi terminal. My guess is most people take buses to the terminal here, at a ‘coach restaurant’ at the terminal’ go to the public baths upstairs then leave.
I had trouble finding useful information about trekking around the Japanese alps, so here is some bits and pieces that will hopefully help others.
Even the food, the huts have such good food available and really not expensive. With my full pack and my injured quads, my legs are killing me, particularly trying to slip back down the mountains when I’m crawling up the snow!
) then to the train.. Only thing is, this isn’t Tokyo, the train sat on the platform for 15 minutes before leaving ! C’est la vie…
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