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<\/a><\/p>\nAfter passing a lovely old teahouse and a waterfall, the trail really started with a looooong way of steps!<\/p>\n
The insect season in Japan is starting (nooooooo), so there were caterpillars everywhere. Everywhere!!! You couldn’t touch anything or your hands would be covered in at least 8 different kinds of caterpillars (we counted). Crazy! Not only that, they were hanging from thin threads everywhere! Don’t walk there with your mouth open! They were pretty beautiful though.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And then we saw the biggest mukade (centipede) we’ve ever seen in Japan crawling on a branch, probably feasting on all the caterpillars. Nasty…<\/p>\n But there were sweeter animals as well, there were actually some cats roaming on the mountain :-)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n So let the climbing begin!<\/p>\n Sometimes there were chains you could hold on to, but most parts it’s just climbing over rocks like these.<\/p>\n The view of Kobe and Osaka gets more and more spectacular along the way.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We were heading for that electrical tower you can see in the back!:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Really cool how yellow the sandstone rocks are.<\/p>\n From there the view was amazing! On a clear day you can see all of Osaka. the lines of the electric tower are a bit of a shame though…. :-0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 447 meters!<\/p>\n The trail back down lead through a peaceful forest.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The trails ends at Hokura-jinja, a nice temple in the forest where wild Japanese boars are often\u00a0spotted!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n