Saturday 30 May 2009

Trees on Kongouzan2


Like an old couple.

Trees on Kongouzan

View from Kongouzan



From Osaka's highest mountain, Kongou, 1125meters. On top we met a man who had climbed it 831 times. The record being 12000 times!

Thursday 28 May 2009

Tottori dunes


Japan's highest sand dunes.

Sunday 24 May 2009

Sunday 17 May 2009

Minoo Hills

Minoo


A bit of rain and more beautiful than ever.

Tuesday 12 May 2009

Katsuragi-san 大和葛城山


Walking up!

Lots of diorite lying around.

Sunday 10 May 2009

Yamatokatsuragisan 大和葛城山-Osaka


Tsutsuji flowers in bloom. (Rhododendron?)
Altitude 959.2m, felsic plutonic from the cretaceous. Lots of tourist.

Tuesday 5 May 2009

Kobe

Kabutoyama 甲山-Kobe

Part of a volcanic conduit which intruded into Rokko granite during Miocene.
Last eruption 12'000'000 years ago (?)

Kannoji shrine near Kabutoyama 神呪寺

Sunday 3 May 2009