140930 Hakkoda-Odake(八甲田大岳핫코다 오오다케1,584m), Aomori Prefecture(아오모리 현)

Mountain; Hakkoda-Odake(八甲田大岳1,584m)

Date: Sep.30 (Tue), 2014 Cloudy, occasional rain

Access to the mountain; JR Ofuna – Tokyo – Tohoku Shinkansen – Shin-Aomori – Bus (Mizuumigoみずうみ号) – Sukayu Hot Spring酸ヶ湯温泉

Partner: Mr. Sunata (NTT college classmate)

Hiking route: Sukayu(酸ヶ湯) Bus Stop – Sennintai仙人岱 – Hakkoda Odake八甲田大岳1,584m – Kenasitai毛無岱 – Sukayu(酸ヶ湯) Bus Stop (5 hours, difference of elevation: 700m)

Mr. Sunata is one of my NTT college classmates. I happened to visit him while traveling in Hokuriku area about 3 years ago after the graduation in 1977.

We found each other as hiking lovers so we began to climb mountains together. It was our 2nd hike in Japan after climbing Mt. Myoko in June, 2013.

Mr. Sunata lives in Oyabe city, Toyama and I live in Kamakura, Kagawaga prefecture. We both bought Tohoku-Hokuriku Free Pass for “Otonano Kyujitsu Club” members.

He came to Aomori to visit one of his friends’ home previous day while I left Ofuna Station early in the morning of Sep. 30 and met at Sukayu Hot Spring, there the entrance of the trail to Hakkodasan located.

I took “Hayabusa” a special limited Shinkansen express to Shin-Aomori, leaving Tokyo at 6:32 am. This train you must reserve your seat beforehand, but I forgot to do so.

[Tohoku Shinkansen, 東北新幹線、도호쿠 신칸센]

The conductor allocated my seat and luckily, I got a window seat. I like seeing Tohoku mountains from the windows of Shinkansen.

I arrived at Shin-Aomori at 9:50 and the bus to Sukayu left Shin-Aomori at 10:10. I arrived at around 11 am.

[Arriving at Shin-Aomori, 新青森へ到着、신아오모리에 도착]

I bought 3 rice balls and a bottle of tea at the station, and the bus came while I was re-packing my bag, so I was in hurry and dropped my camera without noticing it. A stranger found it and came in the bus and asking the owner. Thanks to his kindness, my camera came back to me in one piece.

[Shin-Aomori Station,新幹線新青森駅、신칸센 신아오모리 역]

[A scene from the bus window, バスの窓から見た風景、버스 창문에서 본 풍경]

The bus stopped at a kind of “Kayano Chaya,” a kind of service area, before Sukayu. I bought a big size “rice-ball” and a chocolate and enjoyed together with a cup of tea, free of charge.

"Kayano Chaya," 萱の茶屋、"가야의 차야(찻집)"

At "Kayano Chaya," 萱の茶屋にて、"가야의 차야(찻집)"에서

I arrived at Sukayu Bus Stop at 11:15, a bit late than the scheduled time, but my hiking pal was not arrived yet. He soon arrived with his friend in Aomori.

[Arriving at Sukayu, 酸ヶ湯温泉へ到着、스카유 온천에 도착]

Mr. Sunata, my hiking pal, happened to see Mr. Terashima on his private trip. They did not see each other in the past 13 years, and warmed up their friendship for this occasion.

[A thistle near the bus stop, バス停付近のアザミ、버스 정류장 부근 엉겅퀴]

Mr. Terashima gave “Nanbu Senbei” a traditional rice crackers and cans of coffee, not only to Mr. Sunata, but to me, too. He went back to Aomori and Mr. Sunata and I began hiking at 11:30.

[At the entrance of the trail, 登山道入り口にて、등산로 입구에서]

We could see autumn colors even at the entrance of the trail. Soon after we began walking, we noticed the area without living plants. There must be volcanic hydrogen sulfide around there.

[The warning of volcanic gas, 火山性ガスの警告、화산성 가스의 경고]

[Barren field due to volcanic gas,火山性ガスのため不毛の地、화산성 가스 의한 불모의 땅]

As we climbing the mountain, we felt heat and took off our outer clothes, but when we came to “Karesawa” area, it began to blow rather strong. So I put our outer clothes again.

[Autumn color along the trail, 登山道の紅葉、등산로의 단풍]

[Autumn color along the trail, 登山道の紅葉、등산로의 단풍]

[Autumn color along the trail, 登山道の紅葉、등산로의 단풍]

[On the way to Ootake, 大岳へ向かう途中で、오오타케에 가는 길에]

[On the way to Ootake, 大岳へ向かう途中で、오오타케에 가는 길에]

[George at Sennintai, 仙人岱にて、"센닌타이"에서]

[At Tatsugoro Spring, 辰五郎清水にて、"타쓰거로우 시미즈(약수)"에서]

[George at Sennintai, 仙人岱にて、"센닌타이"에서]

Mr. Sunata seemed all right without outer clothes first, but the wind blew stronger and stronger as we climbed Ootake, so he also put outer clothes and I wore windbreaker on the outer clothes.

[At Sennintai, 仙人岱にて、"센닌타이"에서]

[Looking down Sennintai, 大岳より仙人岱を見下ろす、오오다케에서 센닌타이을 내려다.]

[At the trail to Oodake, 大岳の登山路にて、오오다케 등산로에서]

Then it began raining, and I felt pain in my face. It could be sleeting rain, and I regretted that I did not bring gloves with me. It was cold.

[At the trail to Oodake, 大岳の登山路にて、오오다케 등산로에서]

When we reached at the summit of Hakkoda Oodake, it rained hard with strong wind. We took pictures of each other in hurry, and began to descend the mountain in hurry, too.

[George at the summit of Ootake, 八甲田大岳にて、핫 코다 오오다케에서]

There was a shelter at the lower part of Oodake. We ran into the shelter. There were 3 couples ahead of us. One couple were in the sleeping bags. Other two couples were preparing for the bad weather, putting necessary rain gears on them. They left the shelter after while.

[At the shelter with Mr. Sunata, 避難小屋にて、대피소에서]

We also rested for about 20 minutes and them we prepared ourselves for the rain and began walking in the rain.

[At Kenashitai, 毛無岱にて、케나시타이에서]

[At Kenashitai, 毛無岱にて、케나시타이에서]

When we began walking, the weather began to turn for good. The strong wind soon subsided and it stopped raining while we were walking through　“Kenashitai.” The autumn colors at Kenashitai were beautiful.

[At Kenashitai, 毛無岱にて、케나시타이에서]

[At Kenashitai, 毛無岱にて、케나시타이에서]

[Autumn colors at Kenashitai, 毛無岱の紅葉、케나시 타이의 단풍]

We walked carefully because the wet wooden trails were slippery. Anyway, we could come down to the bus stop safely before 4 pm.

[Autumn colors at Kenashitai, 毛無岱の紅葉、케나시 타이의 단풍]

[At the exit of the trail, 酸ヶ湯下山口にて、스카유 하산구에서]

The next bus was 4:43 pm, so we had time to have “soba” at the restaurant near the bus stop.

[At a noodle shop, 蕎麦屋にて、"소바" 가게에서]

We arrived at Aomori at around 6 pm. The business hotel Mr. Sunata reserved for tus was only two blocks away from the station.

[Hotel Abest Aomori, ホテルアベスト青森、호텔 아베스토 아오모리]

After checking in, we went out to the city and went to a restaurant “Hananomai” which Mr. Sunata had special discount ticket.

The name of the hotel was “Abest Aomori.” The regular charge for a night was 4000 yen. If you reserve by Internet, then 10000 yen discount and charge was 3000yen.

[At Hotel Abest Aomori, ホテルアベスト青森にて、호텔 아베스토 아오모리에서]

Since Mr. Sunata had service points of 1000 yen and he kindly used it evenly for me, too. So, I paid 2500 yen for a night.

[At Restaurant "Hananomai" 『花の舞』にて、"하나노마이(꽃의 춤)"에서]

The hotel gave us 1000 yen worth coupon for each of us. We used the coupon at the local shop next day. So, the hotel charge for each of us was 1500 yen! (If you did not use the coupon, it was 2500 yen.)

I was really amazed how economical way Mr. Sunata travels. He must be generous for traveling economically.

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分類：登山、日本、東北,登山、日本百名山

登山地：青森県、八甲田山[八甲田大岳(1,584m)]

登山月日：2014年9月30日(火) 曇り一時雨

登山口までのアクセス：JR大船-東京(東北新幹線)-新青森～みずうみ号(バス)～酸ヶ湯温泉

パートナー：大学部同窓生・砂田喜修氏

登山ルート：酸ヶ湯温泉バス停→仙人岱→八甲田大岳→毛無岱→酸ヶ湯温泉バス停・所要時間5時間（標高差700m）

私のNTT大学部時代の同級生で3年前、ひょんなことから私が北陸地方を旅行中、再会し、互いが登山愛好家であることを認識し、一緒に登山するようになった砂田喜修氏がパートナーである。

砂田氏の住所は富山県小矢部市、私は神奈川県鎌倉市だが、我々はともにJR東日本が発行する「大人の休日倶楽部・東北北陸フリーパス」を利用して、青森の八甲田山、および富山の立山に登ることにした。

砂田氏は前日、青森県平内町の友人宅泊、私は当日東京発の新幹線で、登山口のある酸ヶ湯温泉で落ち合うことにした。

東京発6:32の「はやぶさ」は全席指定席なのであらかじめ指定席をとるべきだったことを忘れていた。

[At Sendai Station, 仙台駅にて、센다이 역에서]

前回同様、車掌にたのまなければならない。また、新青森着が9：５０だから「みずうみ号」も10:10発のものでなくてはならない。前回のブログが役に立った。

座席は上野～大宮間で車掌に６号車の18Eをとってもらった。はやぶさの窓席にはAC電源口がありこれも私のパソコン作業には最適だ。新青森までの車窓からみる風景は実にいい。 新青森には予定通り9:50に到着し、「みずうみ６号」は予定通り10:10に出た。

[Time table for "Mizuumigo" みずうみ号の時刻表、"미즈우미호" 시간표]

新青森の駅シタでおにぎり３個と十六茶を購入したが、荷物を整理中にバスが到着したため慌ててカメラを落としてしまった。しかしバスの外にいた人が拾ってバス内に呼びかけてくれ、紛失しないですんた。ありがたい。

[At Shin-Aomori Station,新幹線新青森駅にて、신칸센 신아오모리 역에서]

[A scene from the bus window, バスの窓から見た風景、버스 창문에서 본 풍경]

バスは前回同様、酸ケ湯まえの茶屋で小休止し、無料サービスのお茶をごちそうになり、チョコレートと150円の特大梅おにぎりを１個買った。

At "Kayano Chaya," 萱の茶屋にて、"가야의 차야(찻집)"에서

酸ケ湯には少し遅れて到着したが、砂田はなお５分遅れで到着した。彼は青森在住の友人「寺島正義」氏にトラックで送ってもらった。

[With Mr. Sunata, 砂田氏と酸ヶ湯バス停にて、스카유에서 스나다 씨와 함께]

寺島氏は砂田氏が旅先で偶然に知り合った友人*で今回１３年ぶりに再会し、前夜は彼の家に泊めてもらったというからたいしたものだ。寺島氏は私にも南部せんべいと缶コーヒーを差し入れしてくれた。

[*砂田氏と寺島氏は新幹線が走る前に走っていた特急の車内でたまたま隣り合った座席に座って知り合った仲だという。人生は実に面白い。]

[At Yakushi Shrine near the bus stop, バス停付近の薬師神社、버스 정류장 부근의 약사 신사]

我々はバス停のトイレを使ってから11:30に出発した。

登山口付近はすでに紅葉がはじまっており、良い時期に来たと思った。

登山口からすこし入った山の左側が前回も気づいたが火山性のガスが出ているらしく塩化水素のにおいと植物が枯れ死していた。

[Barren field due to volcanic gas,火山性ガスのため不毛の地、화산성 가스 의한 불모의 땅]

[Autumn color along the trail, 登山道の紅葉、등산로의 단풍]

[Autumn color along the trail, 登山道の紅葉、등산로의 단풍]

[On the way to Ootake, 大岳へ向かう途中で、오오타케에 가는 길에]

[On the way to Ootake, 大岳へ向かう途中で、오오타케에 가는 길에]

さらに進んで南八甲田の山々がみえる付近で上着を脱いだが、涸沢の付近で強風が吹き出し、仙人岱に出る頃はもう寒くてたまらず、上着を着た。

[Mr. Sunata at Sennintai, 仙人岱にて、"센닌타이"에서]

砂田氏は平気で半袖のままだったが、トドマツの林を抜けて鏡沼付近では風がさらに強まり、彼も上着を着、私はさらにウインドブレーカーを重ね着した。

[At Sennintai, 仙人岱にて、"센닌타이"에서]

[Mr. Sunata at Sennintai, 仙人岱にて、"센닌타이"에서]

[At the trail to Oodake, 大岳の登山路にて、오오다케 등산로에서]

すると風だけでなく雨も降り出し、それが顔に当たると痛いほどで、気温も下がり、手袋を忘れたことを後悔した。

[At the trail to Oodake, 大岳の登山路にて、오오다케 등산로에서]

[At the trail to Oodake, 大岳の登山路にて、오오다케 등산로에서]

山頂は横殴りの風雨で、必死の思いで認証写真を撮り、下山を急いだ。

[Mr. Sunata at the summit of Ootake, 八甲田大岳にて、핫 코다 오오다케에서]

実に吹き飛ばされそうな風と雨でたまらず、大岳の下の避難小屋に文字通り避難した。

[At the shelter of Oodake, 避難小屋にて、대피소에서]

先客の二人組が3組避難していて、うち二人は寝袋に入っていた。残りの２組も雨具を付けて順次出発し、われわれも約20分ほど休憩し、残ったおにぎりの１個を食べ、所持品をぬらさないようにビニール袋に入れてから出発した。

[At Kenashitai, 毛無岱にて、케나시타이에서]

さいわい、仙人岱の反対側の湿原、毛無岱に降りる頃は風雨が小康状態となり、ずぶ濡れになるのは避けられた。

[At Kenashitai, 毛無岱にて、케나시타이에서]

湿原はすべりやすいが、幸い避難小屋を出たときにつまづいただけで無事4時少し前に下山することができた。下山途中で雨に濡れた紅葉を見たが見事なものだった。

[At Kenashitai, 毛無岱にて、케나시타이에서]

[Autumn colors at Kenashitai, 毛無岱の紅葉、케나시 타이의 단풍]

[Autumn colors at Kenashitai, 毛無岱の紅葉、케나시 타이의 단풍]

[At the exit of the trail, 酸ヶ湯下山口にて、스카유 하산구에서]

バスは4:43なので、バス停前の蕎麦屋に入り、美味い蕎麦を食べた。

[At a noodle shop, 蕎麦屋にて、"소바" 가게에서]

青森には6時頃到着。ホテルは駅前通り2ブロック先ですぐにわかった。

[At Hotel Abest Aomori, ホテルアベスト青森にて、호텔 아베스토 아오모리에서]

砂田氏のポイントのおかげで1泊2500円で止まることができた。施設も上々で無線LANが使える。

早速砂田氏に写真を送り、またフェイスブックにもアップロードしたが時間がかかるので作業は1時間ほどで切り上げた。

我々は7時頃外へ繰り出し、彼が株を持っていて優待券があるという「花の舞」で打ち上げをした。かなり豪華な飲食をした気分だったが、費用は優待券おかげで一人3000円だった。

[At Restaurant "Hananomai" 『花の舞』にて、"하나노마이(꽃의 춤)"에서]

宿泊はアベスト青森。通常料金は4000円だが、ネット予約で3000円になり喜修のるるぶのポイント1000円分を使ってひとりあたり2500円。

さらにJTB協定旅館ホテル加盟東北支部の1000円クーポンがもらえるので宿泊料はなんと実質1500円になった。喜修はホテル予約の天才のようだ。