Mt. Takao

Time to do some exercise after eating all that sushi last night. We decided to climb Mt. Takao, which is only 50 min outside of Tokyo, by train.

The way up was easy. Not too steep...well okay, we took the cable car for the first, steep part....and then there were lots of steps to climb up. Along the trail we passed some cute rock statues and the Yakuo-in Temple.

Find Semu

On the way down we chose a different trail. We had to hurry a bit to make it in time for the last semi-express train back to Tokyo. It had already been raining pretty hard by then. The steep, wooden steps were very slippery and part of the walking trail that was supposed to go nicely along the river actually turned into the river. But it was still really fun to be on this trail. Anyhow, we ended up running most of the 3km down the hill, jumping roots and puddles. We definitely got our exercise for the day.

And yes, caught our train JUST in time!