Originally Posted by
evergrn
I last hiked around Ashigakubo (up towards Maruyama) a few years ago, but I don't remember any trail closures.
We began at Hatonosu and walked/climbed along towards Okutama. The hiking trail was closed off at more than one point. I just found an excellent guide to the hike which confirms that it is/was closed near the shiramaru damn
https://gvlt.wordpress.com/2014/09/2...ri-to-okutama/ it forces you onto roads at other points afterwards also - the photo guide shows this also.
Alas, the difficulty in following a trail here is the reason I’ve never recommended it on this forum (although I did mention our difficulties to someone who had Mt Mitake in their itinerary, they never reported back though).
LapLap senior does quite a bit of hiking, neither him or his granddaughter are phased by steep climbing. And it’s mainly me who freaks out walking alongside traffic on country roads. Hate it!
Odd, isn’t it, the propensity for children from anywhere in the world to get into rock stacking.