Cold, foggy, windy, low visibility. Difficult to find the trail, more than 8 hours by public transportation from Tokyo, at the edge of what is deemed safe (hopefully) from radiation of the collapsed Fukushima Power Plant. Famous for the poems by Kotaro Takamura. From Nihonmatsu Station (二本松駅) to Shiozawa Onsen (塩沢温泉) by bus.