Hiking in Fukuoka, Japan! I climbed Sekinoyama (関の山) to see if it would be a good mountain to take my 8 year old son. It is! Well, the course I took on the way up is. The trail is clear and easy to follow. The course on the way down was a little more tricky and I wouldn’t recommend it for kids. It’s steep and slippery in places and easy to take take a wrong turn. When I come with my son next time, I’ll come down the same way I went up.
DATA
Sekinoyama 359m (2,334ft), Tagawa (trailhead is in Iizuka), Fukuoka prefecture, Japan, August 5, 2019, shot on GoPro Hero7 Black
Hike duration: 3hrs 3mins
Start 05:24 – Trailhead 05:37 – Sekinoyama 06:29 – Trailhead 08:05 – Finish 08:27
Distance hiked: 6.3km
Cumulative up / down: 499m / 492m
Sekinoyama trail map:
My activity data and GPSX track:
ACCESS
There is car parking right at the trailhead ( however it opens at 8:30am. I was a little too early so I parked at the district government office, here:
Music used with permission by ‘Kumori Beats’
I’m happy to answer any questions about the course in the comments below. Happy hiking!
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