Meet at the ticket gate of Higashi Agano Station at 10:00AM or at the front car of the 8:50 train at Ikebukuro.
From Ikebukuro Station, take the Seibu Ikebukuro Line train (express) at 8:50AM to Hanno Station (arriving at 9:37) and change there to the Seibu Chichibu Line (just across the platform), leaving at 9:43 . This arrives at Higashi Agano station at 9:58 .
Walking time – about 4 hours – Higashi Agano Station – Mt Bukken – Mt. Hiwada – – Kinchakuda (fields of Cosmos & Chrysallis) – Alishan Organic Restaurant – Koma Station
This hike finishes off at Kinchakuda (a beautiful field of Cosmos & Chrysallis) and you can eat at the Organic Natural food restaurant “Alishan.”
Bring your lunch and plenty of liquids.
Please don’t forget to bring a rucksack for your food/drinks and wear exercise shoes!
Please take a look at this HP for the course (we go the opposite way and don’t go to the lake)
http://www1.u-netsurf.ne.jp/~tamu/42hiwadayama.htm