Mt. Tepouzan
Posted on 25. Feb, 2007 @ 2:04 pm by harvey in Humor, Osaka, Travel
I’m not even a professional mountain climber, but I climbed one of the most extreme mountains in Japan.
I didn’t even bring any equipment, and I was wearing my Adidas sneakers. It was raining.
This mountain, Mount Tempozan (天保山), at an astounding 4.53 meters, is the lowest mountain in Japan. The mountain is located in Tempozan Park in Osaka. You can read about the park and the fierce mountain on this bilingual information sign.
The perilous jagged snowy peak of Mt. Tempozan.
There is a great view of the “Big Wheel” from the mountain area.
Tempozan Park is located very close to the famous Osaka Acquarium down in the Osaka bay area, so if you’re in the area, drop by and pay Mount Tempozan a visit.
But be careful.
- Harvey
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berz
Feb 26th, 2007
at 12:07
“bilingual information sign” link broken XD
harvey
Feb 26th, 2007
at 12:17
Fixed! Sorry about that!
Clive
Feb 26th, 2007
at 14:00
Oh noes!!11!
We went to Keiyukan aquarium (it’s awesome bTW) and somehow missed that edifice. Heh
Next time we’ll have to stop by and take the climb.
Harvey, do you have pics of yourself planting a flag at the summit?
Clive
Feb 26th, 2007
at 15:59
Harvey!
Question for ya;
Now that you “think” in Japanese, do you also think in metric or do you need to do conversions still?
harvey
Feb 26th, 2007
at 16:05
Clive!
I have never had a super solid head for numbers as it is, but now I definitely refer to height & weight and temperatures the “metric way”.
However, I never really made the switch from speed and distance… Not sure why…
I can’t really convert on the fly though. It’s really one or the other!
harvey
Mar 1st, 2007
at 21:57
Clive! I do have a pic somewhere I think… but… I had a nose bleed so too embarrassed to post it. ;-)
James Calder
Jan 7th, 2008
at 11:32
Mount Tempo – Osaka, Japan…
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