{"id":26214,"date":"2023-11-28T15:44:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T06:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/?p=26214"},"modified":"2023-12-08T09:34:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T00:34:08","slug":"takao-hiking-pax-report-2023-10-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/news-en\/2023\/11\/28\/26214\/","title":{"rendered":"A nice daytrip with friends\u3000Mt. Takao Hike Participant Report"},"content":{"rendered":"
Amy
\n<\/strong>School of Commerce<\/strong><\/h6>\n

Mount Takao is a great hiking opportunity for those living in Tokyo. It offers beautiful scenery, great temples, and an unforgettable hiking experience. With only 50 minutes travel time, Mount Takao can be a well-planned daytrip.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On Saturday, the 14<\/span>th<\/span> of October, the ICC of Waseda University organized a cultural exchange with full-time Waseda and exchange students. Here, everyone was able to meet new people from all around the world. We started our journey in small groups around 10:45, taking the most popular trail, the red trail, with a length of 3.8 km. Mount Takao has six trails in total with two additional trails leading to connecting mountains.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The way up of Trail One is definitely quite steep but very beginner friendly, so everyone in our group could enjoy the nice hike. Every now and then, there is a little flat area where you take a break, relax, and enjoy the view. As you go further along the trail, once you have passed the chair lift station, the way gets a lot easier and you can enjoy a nice drink and skewered Dango, a traditional Japanese sweet. On the way back, you\u2019re able to enter the Monkey Park and Wild Plant Garden halfway up the trail.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As you go on, you will come to admire the great Yakuou-in temple, an impressive multifaceted Buddhist temple established in 744. Soon after that, you will reach the top of Mount Takao at a height of 599m. At the top, there is a nice view of connecting mountains and especially on a sunny day the atmosphere feels nice and calm.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After spending a nice lunch break at the top of the mountain, we decided to go down again and use the chair lift to get a nice few of the city \u2013 this is highly recommended by all of us. The chair lift descent is something you don\u2019t want to miss!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On this trip, I was able to make many friends, internationals and native Japanese. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience and I<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>that I will return to Mount Takao when autumn is here.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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