Climbing Mt. Kinpu

Mount Kinpu （金峰山）

     As you all know, I am residing in Yamanashi Prefecture. This place, as you can see through my pictures, is surrounded by mountains. During the climbing season, you"ll be able to see so many hikers come in this prefecture to climb there desired mountains including the tallest mountain here in Japan, Mt. Fuji.

     Last September 9, 2018, I tried hiking for the very first time. I went to Mt. Kinpu which is one of the Okuchichibu Mountains and located on the boundary of Yamanashi Prefecture and Nagano Prefecture. It is also included on the list of  the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains being on the 30th. Its elevation point is 2,599 masl (8,527 ft) and it's the second highest peak of Okuchichibu mountains.

     Usually, it takes 7 hours to hike (ascend and descend) Mt. Kinpu from the long route but since it was my first time, it took us quite long to reach the peak and to descend. There are two trail route for this mountain, the Mizugaki sansou route (long route) and Odarumi tōge (short route) and obviously we took the Mizugaki sansou route. 

     Having this kind of experience is fun even though I've got a hard time recovering from the body pain. I must say that everything was worth it when I reached the top of Mt. Kinpu though it was foggy and so windy when we reached the top, the view while descending the mountain was surreal though.

     I don't know why but since I climbed this mountain, I told myself that I will climb all the 100 famous Japanese mountains. I became in love with mountain hiking and will surely be going for more! So expect for more hiking experience posts from now on. Hehehe !

     Please click the here if you want to watch my video in Mt. Kinpu. Thank you!

To new beginnings...

     It's been 17 months since I last posted an article here in my blog site. Honestly, for the past months, I've been on a rough time. People may think of me as "feelingera" but I was really suffering from depression and suicidal thoughts. Some may say that I am just overthinking things, making my self stressed over a small issue but that is really what I feel. That's what I've been suffering. 

     They see me smiling, laughing or cracking a joke (a corny one sometimes hehe) but deep inside me, I feel so lost. I even lost interest on the things I loved to do. I felt like I don't have the energy to move forward. I love taking pictures, making an article, and whatsoever, but one day I just felt not doing it anymore. All I want to do was to work, pay bills, and think about what was happening in my life. Whenever I am alone, I tend to overthink and worst, I cry before going to sleep.

      But life can also be good at times. If it weren't because of my partner and my friends, I wouldn't be able to survive my life, I wouldn't be sitting here in front of my laptop typing this article. 

      Maybe you now have a clue about my title right now. I may still have a slight depression attacking sometimes, but I am confident enough to tell you that I am slowly overcoming it. I am slowly starting to do the things I used to do before, like taking pictures, going out, taking videos, even had a new hobby which is hiking hihi, and of course, restarting my blog again. 

     To everyone out there, it's okay to be depressed. We all go through that pace in our life. But never forget that the world has so much to offer, and it's never to late to start a new life. We may be sad right now, but never think about leaving this beautiful world. We must be strong for ourselves and for those people who loves us. 

     Cheers to new beginnings! We can do this! 

                                                                                                               xoxo,

                                                                                                              Naisha