Hiking Mount Oyama in Kanagawa

There are several mountains located near Tokyo. The most famous one is Mount Takao, but since it's very popular, there are always a lot of people. This time, I would like to recommend another mountain for hiking near Tokyo. Mount Oyama is located in Kanagawa Prefecture, close to Isehara Station. There are a few different routes, but I will introduce the most popular one.

Mt.Oyama routes

 

Odakyu Line Isehara Station → Bus 伊１０ Oyama Cable Station / JPY 370 → Walk to the Oyama cable station 

From Isehara Station to the Oyama cable station, it takes around 30-40 minutes by bus and costs JPY 370. From Oyama cable station bus stop to the Cable car station takes around 20-30 minutes on walking. I decided to hike up to the summit and use the cable car when descending. From the Cable car station, we hiked for 3 hours and 1 hour and 10 minutes to go down. I took the Onna-zaka trail, which is known as less steep. This part was the hardest of the entire route. Maybe next time I will just take the cable car (JPY 640 one way) and climb from the middle. Total of almost 5 hours hiking, including resting. For the total beginner, it may be a bit challenging, but I liked mt. Oyama, I could walk inside a real forest under the long, tall trees and even saw deer. Even though it was hot summer weather in July, inside the forest and on the mountain was cool, and I could feel the breeze in there.

 

 

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Mount Oyama

 

useful links :

https://www.ooyama-cable.co.jp/

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https://www.afuri.or.jp/en/

Oyama Afuri Shrine