Mt. Kitadake, Yamanashi (July 19th)

The summit of Mt. Kitadake.
The wind was really strong.

Today's course:
Kata-no-koya Hut (6:10) - Mt. Kitadake (7:15) - Kata-no-koya Hut (8:10) - Junction of the trails on the Kotarou ridge and to the Migimata course (8:35) -The Migimata course - Futamata Toilet (10:30) - Hirogawara (12:35) - bus (13:30) - JR Koufu Sta. (15:30).

Here are the pictures taken on the last day of our Kitadake trip.


At the summit of Kitadake.


On the steep cliff I found Saxifraga bronchialis subsp. funstonii var. rebunshirensis (Shikotan-sou) growing!
But I couldn't go any closer!!


Phyllodoce nipponica (Tsuga Zakura).


Barbarea orthoceras (Yama-garashi).


Rhodiola rosea (Iwa Benkei).


Artemisia glomerata (Hahako Yomogi).


Anemone narcissiflora (Hakusan Ichige).


Rhododendron aureum (Kibana Shakunage).


Trollius riederianus var. japonicus (Shinano Kinbai).


Hedysarum vicioides subsp. japonicum var. japonicum (Iwa Ougi)?


Anemone stolonifera (Sanrin-sou).


We were getting close to the Futamata area.


Heloniopsis orientalis (Shoujou Bakama).
They were still blooming near the snow.




Ligularia dentata (Maruba-dake-buki).


Diphylleia grayi (Sankayou).


Polemonium caeruleum ssp. yezoense var. nipponicum (Miyama-hana-shinobu).


Polemonium caeruleum ssp. yezoense var. nipponicum (Miyama-hana-shinobu).


Snowy area by the Ookanbazawa creek.


The trail be the creek.


The Ookanbazawa creek.
Lots of water.


Tricyrtis latifolia (Tamagawa Hototogisu) by the Ookanbazawa creek.


The sky from the apartment in Mitaka after we came back home.