2 Rapeseed Blossom Hot Spots & Mt. Oogusu Hiking!
(Bring your own food and drink for the hike)
We will meet at the ticket gate of Kinugasa Station at 10:30AM. From Shinbashi, take the JR Tokaido Line train (going towards Odawara) at 9:07. This arrives at Totsuka at 9:42. Change at Totsuka and get on the 9:45 JR Yokosuka Line train (going towards Zushi), arriving at Zushi at 10:02. At Zushi, change to the JR Yokosuka Line train (going towards Kurihama) leaving at 10:10 and arriving at Kinugasa Station at 10:25.
If you want to ride with David and others, please get on the front car of the 9:45 Yokosuka Line train at Totsuka.
Hiking Course: Kinugasa Station – Kinugasa Park – Mt. Oogusu – Koyasu no Sato Park – Zushi Station (by bus or on foot)
The hike itself is about 5 hours.
Both Mt. Oogusu and Koyasu no Sato are famous for their rapeseed blossoms during this time of year.
Here’s the hiking course (in Japanese):
http://www.k-hiking.jp/yokosuka-miura/kinugasajo-ogusu_02.htm
http://www.cocoyoko.net/koyasunosato/index.html
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