ain't no mountain high enough

I nearly couldnt do this mountain trek because I'd headed to Kagoshima with my trainers still in Fukuoka. Fortunately, I realised when I was just boarding the train so in the end I only wasted an hour or so while I returned to the capsule hotel to fetch them.

I'd originally planned a long trek crossing 5 volcanic mountain peaks but the bus schedule didnt allow enough time for me to walk 19km and catch the last bus in time. This would have meant spending a very cold night in the middle of nowhere. Not a good plan. So, I settled for climbing the first in the volcanic chain.

The weather in the Ebino Plateau (or Table Land according to the road signs, they really need to hire better translators) is unstable at the best of times but I tackled the climb on the sunniest day of the week so the sky was clear and I could see for miles. The view was spectacular, I could see down to the three volcanic lakes dotted near Karakuni Dake, the mountain I climbed, and the rising peaks of the neighbouring volcanoes.