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Yakushima Hiking (2) The shelter behind Jomon Sugi

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After a first part of the trail to the summit (Arakawa), the second part of the trail is a bit steeper.

End of the old railway line, and it keeps the wooden ladder

The path follows the shape of the ground and meld with the giant cedars of Yakushima

A hole in soil: a stream flowing below

I am not far left to trample nature. Stairs really well done to avoid losing or walking in the mud for more than half of the trip to 縄 文 杉 Jomon Sugi, a journey that children and grandpas perform without difficulty, as climbing Mount Fuji .

Yakushima easy

Then I get on one of the "sights" of walking, ウィルソン 株 Wilson Kabu, the strain of Wilson (alt. 1030 m) . Circumference taken at the height of a man is 13.8 meters. And if the tree above la souche n'est plus là, c'est parce qu'on l'a coupé pour construire le Osaka Castle château d'Osaka (et le temple 方広寺 à Kyoto ) en 1586.
Wilson shares

Wilson Kabu

Des autres souches-grotte

Yakushima Yakushima, du niveau de la mer à 1936 mètres, c ' est l'expérience de tous les climats du Japon, et un peu la flore qui va with. Indeed, the higher you climb, the closer to temperatures Hokkaido.

map showing the equivalence [altitude on Yakushima] == [Latitude in Japan]

Guided by the steps

Another cedar appointed 大王 杉 Daio-sugi: Grand King

All people, with or without a guide, which started at the same time as me, are gone Jomon-sugi see and return quickly their parking. As I planned to stay in a shelter, I do not care about the time and I await the moment they are all gone.

Group to Japanese 大王 杉

世界 遗产 World National Heritage Area

The arrival 縄 文 杉 Jomon Sugi, the destination for most hikers

The 縄 文 杉 Jomon Sugi is the oldest tree on the island, whose age is estimated between 2000 and 7000 years. It sits at the center of the island at 1300 meters. It measures 25.3 meters in height and a circumference of 16.4 meters.

Access is regulated, it is barricaded. And as I assumed that peak, there must be (at least) hundreds of Japanese on these few square meters, they also built a large wooden platform, with entrance and exit areas of photographs and sense of circulation.

縄 文 杉 Jomon Sugi

Not yet conbination, but there is the network on this platform! I can reassure myself with the weather: 0% and 10% of rain or anything. A miracle for Yakushima!

forecast before the Jomon Sugi

By exceeding the Jomon Sugi site, so I tread paths ignored by most hikers, tourists. It is impossible to reach the summit 宫 之 浦 岳 Miyanoura-dake without spending a night in a shelter, except by a rapid route to the west of the island (where there is no band inhabited the mountains fall into the water) but zap all the interesting part from the climb.

Yakushima Nature is a gigantic museum of monsters frozen in the bark and moss

Prime refuge at 1400 m: 高 冢 小屋 Takatsuka-koya. Inside, it smells the farm, I had been advised

I'll just sleep further, to 新 高 冢 小屋 Shintakatsuka-koya

On my map of the times, the last stretch of 0.9 km is indicated in 70 minutes, but without hurry, I arrive at 40 minutes.

Refuge 新 高 冢 小屋 Shintakatsuka-koya, to 1501 m

It's free, but there is a registry

Interior: very clean and big

Despite the unusual situation and the invisibility of the pressing Japanese company, the atmosphere at the shelter is just as cold. We are 7 people in all: a couple, a pair of girls and 3 guys. Under the roof, the rule of the maximum distance premium. As naturally and clearly as iron chips in a magnetic field, we have our sleeping bags with a maximum deviation. And outside, everyone makes his kitchen on his side, away from the other so that the conversations and thoughts do not interfere with each other.

Inside the hut

In such a situation, my presence is either an alien object of fear or attraction, but in this case I was as invisible as the others. In short, nobody wants to talk, I eat my sausages taste suspect and make a trip to the shower ...

Shower

While still hot and tired, I fell asleep the first time out, but awakened by the chill of approaching night I take refuge inside. Hidden in the roof the entrance, I find floor mats that go me a soft bed and I sleep like everyone around 19h with my 3 pants and 5 tops.

And obviously, there is a snorer professional ...

(Next: my head upon waking is here ...)

This adventure is an episode of Yakushima hitchhiking trip