Mount Takao

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In an event that wasn't even remotely surprising to me, I did not pass the Kindergarten's trial period, and I am unemployed again.

There have been many holidays here recently, to celebrate the Equinox, McDonalds even has a special edition "Moon Burger", that contains an egg. On holiday Friday, I went to Mount Takao with some Australians from the Guesthouse. The summit is about 600 meters up, and takes about 2 hours to hike to. There are plenty of shrines and vendors on the way up. Once on top, the view isn't all that great, because there's a fair bit of smog.

On the way down, we thought we were taking a shortcut, but we ended up in the middle of nowhere, walking down the back streets of a small town. After walking for about an hour, we ended up in a larger town, and finally found a train station.

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Photos

Cleaning Man
There were a few of these on the Mountain. I'm not sure what they are.

Mountain Entrance
The fellow on the right is Pablo. He is Australian, and likes vegemite.

Flying Squirrels
Gliding, anyway.

Shrine
I've taken so many pictures of shrines, they're all starting to look the same. I should start taking pictures of my dinner.

Beginning of the Hike
The fellow on the left is Alex. He is Pablo's brother, and therefore Australian and an enjoyer of Vegemite. He teaches English and tells kids inappropriate things to say.

Trees
Lots of trees. "Ki" is tree in Japanese.

Wooden Path
Some parts of the hike were very steep. Not this one.

View of Tokyo
Nice view. You can see the train line in the bottom middle.

Little Shrine
I took a picture of this one in Black and White, but it looked bad, so I deleted it.

Chairlift
The first quarter of the mountain is the most difficult, so many people take this chairlift up.

Welcome To the Monkey House
We did not go in. Monkey's are not usually very pleasant, with the fecal throwing and all.

Scout
This is a statue of a famous Japanese Boy Scout, I think. He reminded me of a Mountie.

Three Statues
I haven't figured out why people put hats on them.

Statue with arms
A bunch of statues had cups of water and money in front of them. I don't know why.

Story
I think these panels showed a story.

Tengu 1
This is a Tengu. Note the water cups.

Tengu 2
Another Tengu.