Venus Line Run

This morning, I toughed out running up a lot on Venus Line. 

Mount Tateshina.

There are many big volcanic rocks around.

A bird's eye view map of mountain climbing trails of the area.

Altitude 1,760 meter point.

A type of hydrangea.

It was getting foggy as I kept going.

Directional signs.

More fog.

As I came back, the fog  started to lift.

Yatsugatake Mountains.

A teahouse - closed due to COVID.

A spectacular view.

Mount Tateshina.

Parks and Shrines

This morning, I could go for a reasonably long run.  Temperature was close to 30 degrees C - HOT - but could enjoy visiting parks and shrines. 

Lotus flowers at Zenpukuji Park.

Pedestrians walk by Momoidaiyon Elementary School.

The entrance to Igusa Shrine.

For some pupils, schools were in session today.

Tenso Shrine.

A little playground.

Minami-Tanaka Shrine.

Shakujii River.

People fishing at Shakujii Park Pond.

Nice woody area by Sanpo-ji Pond.

Hikawa Shrine.

Looks to me someone went abroad and stole a bunch of street signs.

An interesting "art" close from Kichijoji Station.

Tateshina Runs - Obon

I am staying in beautiful Tateshina Highland this week.  I am enjoying running around the area.

Sunday morning, I just went around the resort area.  It was a cool and misty.

Found an entrance to the Tateshina-yama climbing trek course.

Very clean mountain water seeping out - by Venus Line Highway.

A little Torii by Venas Line.

Monday morning, it was very clear.

A beautiful view of Yatsugatake Mountains.

Ski lifts of the ski resort nearby.

A museum.

An entrance of the climbing course of Kita-Yatsugatake.

The ropeway.

Nice to have cell phone reception.

Beautiful field with lavender.

Encountered this little snake - found later that it was quite poisonous!

Yesterday morning, I checked out the hiking trail of the resort.

This is the entrance to the hike.

Direction markings were very good.  The altitude of this point was 1,860 m.

The scenes of my run.

Florescent moss.

There were many dragonflies in the air.

The trail came to the ski slope.

The ropeway tower and cables.

Hoof marks - must be Japanese Sika deer.

And I came back down to the resort through this trail.

And this morning, I ran on Venus Line again.

The highway.

The area is quite rocky - volcanic.

 Yatsugatake Mountain view.