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Mt. Tsukuba hiking in a nutshell

The trip begins with a train ride of course. This is the ticket gates of Tuskuba Express Line at Akihabara Station

At Tsukuba Station, we go to A3 Exit

Up on street level we face a bank of bus stops

The last one on the right is Stop 1, the one we want. Bus leaves every 30 minutes

The trail we want begins at Tsukubasan Jinja Iriguchi (Mount Tsukuba Shrine Entrance), the second last stop of the route

Get on the bus through the mid-door, get a ticket from this machine, hand it to the driver on exit and pay (700Yen/US$8.7)

Mostly hikers on the bus

After 45 minutes, we got off the bus near this phone booth

There's a tourist information center at the stop

Checking out the inside

Ink pad and stamp

Display of common rocks found in the mountain

Checking out the view across the information center

OK, let's start the hike

by first passing under this Torii gate and go up the road

Passed this self-serve produce stand

Nobody steals money from the unmanned money box (Yay for honest people in this country!)

Also walked past some shops

Friend bought a hat

selling mostly souvenirs

Shop owners are almost all senior people