The one in Kochi, which I initially titled "(烏帽子山) Mt. Eboshi " after the highest peak, but changed to Mt. Washio because that's the main peak for the mountain range.
Budget: JPY830 (~USD7) from Kochi Station
- JPY530. Kochi Station to Minami Newtown Sanchome
- JPY300. Haramibashi to Kochi Station.
Hike Date / Difficulty (Elevation: 359m / 1,178ft)
- February 20, 2022
- Difficulty: 2 out of 5
- Route below is around 7.8kilometers, with an elevation change of ▲700m/ ▽739m (3h52m), excluding the 2+ kms from bus stops to trailheads
- Map Link . I'm too lazy to update the map below, if you end up using this post and want an update, leave a comment.
When to GoThroughout the year I suppose.
Special Notes- Weather forecast: Japanese.
- Trailheads.
- Mt. Kashio trailhead (柏尾山登山口). Google maps pin. This is a trail, but definitely NOT recommended. There are minimal signs, and soooo many trails despite the map only showing one.
- Bus, Kochi Station to Minami Newtown Sanchome (南ニュータウン三丁目). Bus schedule. Take bus W2.
- Mt. Utsuno trailhead (宇津野山登山口). Google maps pin.
- Mountain huts.
- Paid. None.
- Free. None.
- Camping. None.
Itinerary
- 09:10am. Bus, Kochi to Minami Newtown Sanchome.
- 09:33am. ETA: Minami Newtown Sanchome. Start walking to trailhead.
- 10:00am. Start hike.
- 02:00pm. ETA: Mt. Utsuno trailhead, end of hike. Walk to the closest bus stop.
Actual Log
- 09:10am. Bus, Kochi to Minami Newtown Sanchome.
- 09:33am. ETA: Minami Newtown Sanchome. Start walking to trailhead.
- 10:00am. Start hike.
- 02:00pm. ETA: Mt. Utsuno trailhead, end of hike. Walk to the closest bus stop.
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| This is my bus! |
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| Looking back at the bus stop. |
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| Walking to the trailhead. |
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| Still walking. |
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| Passing through a nice tunnel. |
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| Taking a right turn right after the tunnel. |
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| Passing a shrine. Kept left. |
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| NO SIGNS to the trailhead. But it's to the right here. I was sooo confused. |
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| It looks like a trail...? |
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| Found a trail sign! IT IS the trail! |
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| Uhm.... is it a trail? |
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| It is a trail! (the theme of this hike) |
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| Not really that clear but still somewhat a trail. |
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| One of the sketchy ones. Yes, that's a trail. |
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| I took a right here. Cue me getting lost. I think I shouldn't take a right here, because I got lost and had to go off trail finding my trail back. |
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| This is a trail. Or not. Again, I was lost. |
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| Found my way back! But from here, I can barely find the trail. From this point, maybe at 1 o'clock behind it? |
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| I made it to the ridge. After here, the trails are much clearer. |
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| First summit! See the marker? |
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| What about now? |
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| Arriving at my first TV tower. |
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| The trail requires backtracking. I came from the road to the right of this pic, and I had to go to the left. |
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| At the fork. Continued on. |
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| Took the left here. |
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| Arrived at the second tower. I initially took right, got lost, and had to backtrack. The trail is to the left. |
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| Arrived at the shrine. |
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| Some toilets near the shrine. |
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| Almost at the summit! |
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| View from the summit marker. |
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| Mt. Eboshi's summit marker. |
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| Birds being fed right in front of Mt. Eboshi's marker. |
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| A nice break spot in between the trail. |
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| Kept left here. |
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| Going up Mt. Washio! |
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| Mt. Washio summit. |
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| It is a big flat spot in the summit. |
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| Following the trail to 宇津野. After this, there will be a fork. Left will have red ribbons, right will be going up. Correct trail is to the right. I took the left one and had to go offtrail again to find the correct trail. |
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| Arrived at 宇津野山 |
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| There was supposed to be a fork right after 宇津野, but I couldn't find it. This is the closest I can find, but the right one does NOT look like a trail, so I kept left. |
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| Close up of the trail to the right. |
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| A couple of minutes in, I arrived at the fork. I can't see it in the map, and and at this point, I've been lost so many times. I took the trail to the left showing 深谷バス停 |
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| Got lost again here because the path was blocked. I had to backtrack, and walk past this construction. IGNORE the ropes fencing off the area. This is Feb 2022. |
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| Almost done! |
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| Whew back to civilization! From here on I used google maps, and simply walked an hour back to Kochi station area. |
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| My chosen lunch spot! |
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| I had some fried egg, some chashu (sliced pork), and not pictured, but I had karaage. Most people get ramen + rice, but that's too much for me. Even this was too much. |
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| A small portion of the Sunday's market. I just took a pic and went back to my hotel. Done for the day! |
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