The World at 3,000 Meters High for The First Time in My Life

Hello everyone! The extremely overheated climate continues in July and August! The temperatures all over Japan reach over 35℃, even in the Hokkaido area, the northern island of Japan. There used to be a place called the “Summer Resort” where we could escape from Japan’s peculiar heat and humidity, but that is an old story….

Mt. Takao is the Nearest Oasis in Tokyo    

Yesterday was a really fine day and warmer than usual, I went to Mt. Takao where locates in western suburb in Tokyo with my hiking buddy, a friend in my university days. We have often visited various mountains together for recent years. Our motto is “loose-climbing” and “don’t push ourselves so hard”. We would like…