Mt. Amagadake(天ヶ岳)

On May the 28th 2017, I climbed Mt. Amagadake(天ヶ岳). It is one of ten best mountains in Ohara(大原)district.

 

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The nose of this ornament of long-nose goblin at Kurama(鞍馬)was broken when there was a lot of snow. People fixed it, however.

 

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This is Yakkozaka slope(薬王坂), where Saicho(最澄)passed to his temple in Mt. Hieizan(比叡山)after he carved a statue of Bhaiṣajya-guru(薬師如来)in Kurama(鞍馬). Yakkozaka also appeared in a story “Heike-Monogatari(平家物語)”, when the monk-emperor Go-Shirakawa(後白河法皇)had walked along this path for running away from his living place to Mt. Hieizan via Kuramadera Temple(鞍馬寺), confronting Yoshinaka Minamoto(源義仲).

 

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You have to walk, walk, walk! Then you will reach the top of Mt. Amagadake with no view.

 

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Eyelash Cup Scutellinia scutellata(アラゲコベニチャワンタケ).

 

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I enjoyed the weather of early summer in Ohara.

 

For plants identified; Japanese Cedar Cryptomeria japonica(スギ), Hinoki Cypress Chamaecyparis obtuse(ヒノキ), Japanese Red Pine Pinus densifloraアカマツ), Japanese Yew Taxus cuspidata(イチイ), Korean Plum-Yew Cephalotaxus harringtonia(イヌガヤ), Ring-Cup Oak Quercus glauca(アラカシ), Sawtooth Oak Quercus acutissimaクヌギ), Chinese Cork Oak Quercus variabilis(アベマキ), Korean Oak Quercus dentata(カシワ), Japanese Chestnut Castanea crenata(クリ), Mochi Tree Ilex integra(モチノキ), Camellia Camellia japonicaヤブツバキ), East Asian Eurya Eurya japonicaヒサカキ), Japanese Cherry Prunus jamasakuraヤマザクラ), Japanese Maple Acer palmatum(イロハモミジ), Japanese Andromeda Pieris japonicaアセビ), Rhododendron obtusum var. kaempferiヤマツツジ), Dodan-Tsutsuji Enkianthus perulatusドウダンツツジ). For other mushrooms; Turkey Tail Trametes versicolor(カワラタケ), Oxyporus ravidus(ザイモクタケ), Antrodiella gypsea(シックイタケ), Ceraceomyces tessulatus(イトツキマクコウヤクタケ). For slime molds; Physarum lateritium(アカフクロホコリ). For birds, Brown-Eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotisヒヨドリ), Coal Tit Parus ater(ヒガラ), Varied Tit Parus variusヤマガラ), Willow Tit Parus montanus(コガラ), Great Tit Parus majorシジュウカラ). For mammals, Japanese Squirrel Sciurus lis(ニホンリス).