Mt. Kaimondake

Kaimondake was a cone shaped mountain situated by the sea. It was an awesome hike up as we first started below with a lot of sun and heat but as we made our way up the forest, things started to cool down a bit. The terrain was ever changing from rocky paths, boulder scrambling, crowded vegetation and such. It was never boring and kept us on our toes most of the time, there were barely any flat areas and most of it was just a non-stop up hill. Every few checkpoints or so, we were blessed with an awesome view of the surrounding ocean and islands as well as the the lands between. There were some areas with so much dragonflies and some areas where a chorus of cicadas were so loud it was crazy. We did get to the summit with plenty of time to spare, even having to climb a ladder on the way up. The way down was pretty difficult as well, hard on the knees especially with those giant boulders but we did make it. Now, we had to catch the bus back to Ibusuki which we had a hard time doing, jumping from one bus stop to the next never knowing if the bus is coming or has already left because it was late. In fact, it did come however it was too late for us. We tried to catch it at another bus stop but turns out that one was not available so we were just running around in circles but somehow decided to just wait for the bus at one stop and it did come after awhile. It tooks us to the sand onsen where we got some ice cream.Read more