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Gojo Falls to Metsa Village (via Mount Monomi, Mount Hiwada, Koma Shrine and Lake Miyazawa)

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Trail stats

Distance
10.76 mi
Elevation gain
1,952 ft
Technical difficulty
Moderate
Elevation loss
1,886 ft
Max elevation
1,256 ft
TrailRank 
39
Min elevation
293 ft
Trail type
One Way
Moving time
3 hours 31 minutes
Time
4 hours 16 minutes
Coordinates
2983
Uploaded
March 3, 2020
Recorded
March 2020
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near Kubo, Saitama (Japan)

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Photo ofGojo Falls to Metsa Village (via Mount Monomi, Mount Hiwada, Koma Shrine and Lake Miyazawa) Photo ofGojo Falls to Metsa Village (via Mount Monomi, Mount Hiwada, Koma Shrine and Lake Miyazawa) Photo ofGojo Falls to Metsa Village (via Mount Monomi, Mount Hiwada, Koma Shrine and Lake Miyazawa)

Itinerary description

This walk / hike starts at Musashi Yokote station on the Seibu Chichibu line and ends at Metsa Village, where there are regular buses back to Hanno station on the Seibu Ikebukuro line. This route goes to Koma Shrine which is a nice detour, but adds an extra hour onto the route - a shorter option would be to pass through Kinchakuda after descending Mount Hiwada, but the bridge across the river was closed for refurbishment on the day of this walk. Gojo Falls costs ¥200 yen to enter and has irregular opening hours.

Waypoints

PictographPhoto Altitude 669 ft
Photo ofGojo Falls

Gojo Falls

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,263 ft
Photo ofMount Monomi Photo ofMount Monomi

Mount Monomi

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,014 ft
Photo ofMount Hiwada Photo ofMount Hiwada

Mount Hiwada

PictographPhoto Altitude 840 ft
Photo ofKotohira Shrine Photo ofKotohira Shrine

Kotohira Shrine

PictographPhoto Altitude 305 ft
Photo ofShodenin Shorakuji Temple Photo ofShodenin Shorakuji Temple

Shodenin Shorakuji Temple

PictographPhoto Altitude 256 ft
Photo ofKoma Temple Photo ofKoma Temple

Koma Temple

PictographPhoto Altitude 253 ft
Photo ofKoma Family Residence Photo ofKoma Family Residence

Koma Family Residence

PictographPhoto Altitude 568 ft
Photo ofPath to Lake Miyazawa

Path to Lake Miyazawa

PictographPhoto Altitude 390 ft
Photo ofLake Miyazawa

Lake Miyazawa

PictographPhoto Altitude 417 ft
Photo ofMetsa

Metsa

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