We've gone to Hiking in Itsuki Village in search for a spring flower and a crag.
We need a new crag as a toy for our 74 years old mentor, who has 50 years experience of alpine mountains and his name is known for route development in Yakushima island, he wants a new crag to develop and we want to find it.
My secret dream is to have a new crag for dry-tooling practice, since here in Kyusyu, we have no dry wall to practice... so I was thinking that Limestone rock might be a good choice.
Since I am new to Kyusyu... I don't really know where to start searching from.
I kind of guessed if I go to see the wild flowers in the season, it might be a fun. Because wild flowers usually bloom in rocky mountains.
Combining pleasure of trail walk and a new crag hunting, for flowers and a rock.
Ituski Village is known for its deepness... I mean deep, as it is so "remote". But it took us, only 3 hours drive from Fukuoka to Itsuki Village! Wow! It wasn't too bad.
We shared a car ride so it was about 4000 yen each for 3 people.
We headed for Noke-eboshi Mountain to see Fukujyu-sou flowers... the mountain has 2 trail entrance available, and we took the longer, harder routes.
The first trail entrance. Most of the non-trained hikers choose, 2nd entrance.
Fukujyu-sou is ”Adonis ramosa”... it is a wild flower, bloom only in Spring. It is said spring starter.
We were a bit worried that we were a bit too late for the flowers... but it was OK. We saw more than we expected! Also thanks to the choice of the trail, it was a quiet mountains.
On our way back, we took a Onsen 400 yen for me, anybody over 70, 300yen.(Japan is kind for elderly people)
Stared at 6 am and get back home at 20 pm. Cost was; Gas 4000 yen. Road toll 550 yen, 3300 yen, 3920 yen. Plus we needed some for lunch.
For the rocks we found see the previous page. We did not think Kumamoto prefecture will let us climb the rock but the rock was nice if we can create route.