110108 Mt. Oyama & Kukai meeting (大山登山と空会のオフ会)

Date: Jan. 8 (Sat), 2011, Fine

Place: Mt. Ōyama(1252m), Kanagawa-ken

Course: Isehara St. – Ōyama Cable St. – Onnazaka – Shimosha Shrine – Top of Mt. Ōyama – Miharashi – Hinata Yakushi Bus Stop – Isehara St. (About 12 km, 6 hours)

Partner: None

Kikko made rice balls for my lunch. Left home at 8 a.m. Chagne trains at Fujisawa and Sagami-Ono, got off at Isehara and took a bus to Mt. Oyama. I began walking at 10 a.m.

This time, I did not use the cable but walked through Onnazaka (Slope for wemen.) It was a fine day and there were many hikers including elementary and junior high students.

Dropped in Oyama Temple and saw the place to throw tiles in order to driving off the bad luck. (Each thowing costs 300 yen, and I never felt like paying that money.)

I passed the temple at around 11 a.m. Then arrived at Oiwake (The18th stage)at noon. I had lunch there.

[Stone Steps leads to Ooyama Temple, 大山寺へ続く石の階段、오오야마사에 이어지는 돌 계단]
[Oyama Temple on Onnazaka, 女坂の大山寺、여자고개의 오오야마사][Shimosha Shrive, 下社、시모샤 신사]

I saw Mt. Fuji at Fujimi-dai (Mt. Fuji Observatry Place) and arrived at the top of the mountain at around 2 p.m.

[At Mt. Fuji Observatry Place,富士見台から見た富士山、후지미다이에서 본 후지산]
[By the copper "torii" gate near the top,頂上付近の銅製の鳥居にて、정상부근의 동제 토리이에서]
[At the top of the mountain, 大山山頂にて、오오야마 정상에서]

I began descending the mountain at 1:30 and arrived at Hinatayakushi Bus Stop at 4 p.m.

[A thatched roof shrine near the bus stop,日向大師バス停付近のわらぶき神社、양지대사 버스 정류장 부근의 초가 신사(神社)]

I had an appointment of dinner with Kukai friends at Hiratsuka at 6 p.m.

Kukai is a kind of society to exchange opinions through e-mail. It was established in 2002 when I retired from NTT.

We use to have off-kai meeting once a year usually when I am back in Japan. (All other members live in Japan.)

I was the first to arrive the place, Restaurant Mammamia in Hiratsuka, followed by Mr. KG and his brother-in-law, Mr. WB.

There were 8 men including Mr. WB. Actually, Mr. WB was not a member, but he was welcomed as a new member.

Since Mr. WB likes hiking and traveling, and has interests in China, we all liked his talk about his hobbies.

[I attended Off-kai of Kukai at Hiratsuka, 平塚で空会に参加した、히라쓰카(平塚)에서 크카이에 참가했다.]

Mr. UD is the hub of Kukai, yet he has been on dialysis for more than 10 years. I deeply respect his strong will to be abstemious.

The meeting was over around 8:30 p.m. Prof. M drove me to my home in Ofuna.

日時：2011年1月8日(土）快晴

登山場所：神奈川県大山(1252m)

登山コース：伊勢原駅→大山ケーブル駅～女坂～下社～大山山頂～見晴らし～日向薬師バス停→伊勢原駅 (約12 km, 6時間)

同行者：なし

喜久子に握り飯を作ってもらって、大山へ向かった。藤沢から8時44分発のロマンスカーに乗車。相模大野で小田原行きの急行に乗り換えて伊勢原で下車。駅前から大山ケーブル駅行きのバスで終点にて下車。

[I got off at Cable Station,　大山ケーブル駅にて下車、오오야마 케이블역에서 하차]

登山開始は10時近くで、女坂から登った。風もなく快適な登山。また、登山客も多い。特に、子供たちが多かった。途中、大山寺にも寄り、厄払いのかわら投げなど興味深く見た。

[Stone Steps leads to Ooyama Temple, 大山寺へ続く石の階段、오오야마사에 이어지는 돌 계단][Throwing tiles for driving off bad luck, 厄落しの瓦投げ、액 오토시 기와매치기]

大山寺を11時ごろ通過し、十八丁目の追分付近で12時過ぎになり、そこで食事にした。

[Sagami Plain from Oiwake, 追分から見た相模平野、오이와캐로부터 본 사가미 평야]

富士山が良く見える富士見台は午後1時、そして頂上には2時頃到着。下山開始は2時半ごろで、日向薬師には4時に到着した。

[Near the top of the mountain, when I looked back, I could see Mt. Fuji well, 頂上付近で振り返ると富士山がよく見えた。정상부근에서 되돌아보면 후지산이 잘 보였다.][At the top of the mountain, 大山山頂にて、오오야마 정상에서]

今回、初めて日向薬師バス停へ直進し、日向薬師は省略した。これまでわざわざ遠回りしていたことがようやく理解できた。

バスは4時5分発で、伊勢原には4時半に到着。伊勢原から平塚行のバスに乗り、平塚には5時過ぎに到着した。

この日は2002年から続いている「空会」のオフ会が平塚であった。

空会の場所は北口から徒歩5分のホテルリブマックスの１Fで、マンマーミアというレストランだった。
私が1番に到着したが、すぐにKBさんとその義兄のWBさんが来た。KGさん、YGさん、FGさんと到着し、最後にM教授とUDさんが到着した。

会費は4000円で飲み放題。ハイライトは旅行と登山の好きなWBさんの入会か。彼は中国にも興味を持ち、中国語もできるようだ。

[I attended Off-kai of Kukai at Hiratsuka, 平塚で空会に参加した、히라쓰카(平塚)에서 크카이에 참가했다.]

我々の畏友、UDさんの闘病生活も10年に及ぶが、毎回空会に出席されるのも節制のたまものだ。
空会は2時間で終わり、その後、UDさんのご自宅へ。そしてマーティに家まで送ってもらった。