This was an accidental find while I was looking at the map of Mt. Otakatori. Overall it was a nice, chill hike, with a quiet forest that is a highly recommended immersion with nature.
There are a couple of spots to enjoy the view of Saitama such as the photo above, but overall the main attraction is the actual trek.
Budget: JPY1,880 (~USD18) from Tokyo
JPY1,880. Train, Tokyo < > Agano Station. (JPY940ish one way)
Hike Date / Difficulty (Elevation: 566m / 1,857ft)
July 17, 2021
Difficulty: 3 out of 5
Route below is around 12.6kilometers, with an elevation change of ▲1,102m/ ▽1,164m (5h55m)
Trailheads. Both trailheads accessible via trains. There are plenty of paths where there are a couple of options, and I mainly chose the path that goes up (when I was going up).
09:00am. Arrived at Agano Station. Started the hike. Followed the signs to "顔振峠". There is a sign right outside the station, and about ten meters to the right I had to go down the stairs. At the end of it, turned right, walked next to the main highway, past the bridge, to a turn in the stop light that has signs pointing to 中学校. There's another sign pointing to 顔振峠, but I followed my map and crossed the street following the direction to 中学校, where I had to cross a bridge. Turned left after crossing the bridge, crossed another bridge, turned right, this time following the signs to 顔振峠. Before the main highway, there's a sign pointing to the left, so I turned left. It was 9:21am at this point. Walked straight for a while.
09:38am. Finally arrived at the trailhead. It is the offshoot road when the highway turns to the left. So I went to the right fork, and soon enough was a steep cemented path up. That's the wrong path. Continued on a little bit, and there's a trail with signs pointing to 顔振峠. When I was there there was water running down the trail (it wasn't raining. Just the stream overflowing to the trail).
10:16am. Stopped at the benches near a shrine to have my brunch.
10:48am. Started hiking again.
10:49am. Arrived at what I think is 顔振峠. It's a road (cars and cyclists pass through) with some cafes. I turned right at the road, but some posts say that there's a path straight to Ogami behind the cafe.
10:58am. Arrived at the fork where I can take the trail at the left. From here on, followed the signs ユガテ (Yugate). Passed a shrine in ten minutes, and continued straight. Simply followed the signs to ユガテ.
11:14am. Arrived at the fork to Mt. Ogami (越上山). I turned left.
11:24am. Arrived at Mt. Ogami (越上山). There was a five second scrambling over a rock about ten meters from the summit. haha. Took pictures, retraced my steps back to the fork, and continued on to ユガテ
01:21pm. Arrived at ユガテ??? Not sure, but I basically passed a small farming neighborhood. From here on I followed the signs to 東吾野駅 (Higashi Agano Station)
02:22pm. Arrived at Higashi Agano Station! Done!
*I don't have a lot of pictures, but I have videos! Just watch the quick vid above.
Sign right outside the station.
Right at the trailhead. The path to the right is the WRONG path. There's a trail about five meters later.
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