It’s been a long time since I’ve posted.
Lots of bad luck recently, including a sprained ankle whilst going on a short but steep hike over the weekend.
Ankle has pretty much recovered in record time.

Clear winter’s day and caught my first snowfall for the season.

Steep hike, but the views over Lake Haruna and the mountain valley below were well worth it. Enjoyed the onsen by the lake afterwards as well.

This is not the mountain we hiked:

From Mt Eboshi and Lake Haruna

More photos of the mountain not hiked:

From Mt Eboshi and Lake Haruna

From Mt Eboshi and Lake Haruna

View from the mountaintop of the mountain we did hike:

From Mt Eboshi and Lake Haruna

I’m hoping this gif works!

From Mt Eboshi and Lake Haruna

From Mt Eboshi and Lake Haruna

Lake Haruna:

From Mt Eboshi and Lake Haruna

From Mt Eboshi and Lake Haruna

From Mt Eboshi and Lake Haruna

From Mt Eboshi and Lake Haruna

From Mt Eboshi and Lake Haruna

From Mt Eboshi and Lake Haruna

From Mt Eboshi and Lake Haruna

From Mt Eboshi and Lake Haruna

From Mt Eboshi and Lake Haruna

Despite the sunshine and blue skies, the weather was absolutely freezing. I had two layers of pants, and about 4 top layers including a snowboarding jacket.

From Mt Eboshi and Lake Haruna

Back on ground level:

The little knob of a mountain towards the left of this photo (not the big main dominating mountain), is the actual mountain we hiked:

From Mt Eboshi and Lake Haruna

Lakeside by Lake Haruna:

From Mt Eboshi and Lake Haruna

We stayed for the evening light illumination festival:

From Mt Eboshi and Lake Haruna

From Mt Eboshi and Lake Haruna

From Mt Eboshi and Lake Haruna

Check out the lights:

From Mt Eboshi and Lake Haruna

From Mt Eboshi and Lake Haruna

From Mt Eboshi and Lake Haruna

From Mt Eboshi and Lake Haruna

From Mt Eboshi and Lake Haruna