Yufu Dake

Great start to the early day: instead of endless servings of fish/pickles/sashimi/rice/egg/miso for breakfast there was a self-serve breakfast at 7am that had yoghurt and cereal and lots of coffee.

We (bar three Americans) caught a local bus from very close to the to the foot of the mountain and walked up to the peak on the right in the photo, then back down into the town. Left at 745, back at 230pm. BYO lunch and water. It was cold at the top (with the odd patch of ice) but jackets not needed after all the climbing - we were hot.Not all of us went. A bus to the foot, a slog to the top, lunch on the way down, and a stroll into the village mid-afternoon. It was freezing at the top.

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