"14/100 🏔 日本百名山 🇯🇵 Nihon Hyaku-meizan Our first hike in Japan was a P2k, the second was a P3k and this one was a P4k. Asaka told me that Zao-San was famous, to which I replied, of course it is, since it’s included in the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains book. We paid 550 Yen to park at the end of the Zao Highline. This hike was super easy, but it was foggy and breezy. There was a shelter on the summit, and two artificial summit rocks which I climbed. On the way down we visited Zao-San East Slope. I’m not sure why this is a red dot on Peakbagger but my guess is it is a possible prefecture high point (Miyagi). It’s a liner so wandered about somewhat aimlessly. On the way back down we got a good view of the Okama, which is a colorful lake in the Caldera and the main attraction of the area. Then we climbed the bonus peak Kattadake, which was a gimme. As we arrived back at our car the weather started to clear. We would have gotten much better views had we started off an hour later. Oh well, at least we avoided the crowds." — seancasserly • Aug 23, 2022

"14/100 🏔 日本百名山 🇯🇵 Nihon Hyaku-meizan Our first hike in Japan was a P2k, the second was a P3k and this one was a P4k. Asaka told me that Zao-San was famous, to which I replied, of course it is, since it’s included in the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains book. We paid 550 Yen to park at the end of the Zao Highline. This hike was super easy, but it was foggy and breezy. There was a shelter on the summit, and two artificial summit rocks which I climbed. On the way down we visited Zao-San East Slope. I’m not sure why this is a red dot on Peakbagger but my guess is it is a possible prefecture high point (Miyagi). It’s a liner so wandered about somewhat aimlessly. On the way back down we got a good view of the Okama, which is a colorful lake in the Caldera and the main attraction of the area. Then we climbed the bonus peak Kattadake, which was a gimme. As we arrived back at our car the weather started to clear. We would have gotten much better views had we started off an hour later. Oh well, at least we avoided the crowds." — seancasserly • Aug 23, 2022