Mostly Japanese Mountains: Matsumoto City, Mt. Naka and Mt. Koubo Trailrun

Starting and stopping point: Minami Matsumoto Station 〜 Matsumoto Station

Peaks bagged: Koubo Naka

Getting there/getting around: The trailhead is about a 1.8 km walk from Minami Matsumoto Station or 3 km from Matsumoto.

Map: I just used my iphone. It's not really a mountain trail.

Total Time: About 90 minutes. Break time: About 30 minutes taking pictures.

Distance: 10.5 km. About half of that was on pavement.

Elevation: Lowest: 585m Highest: 835 Total Ascent: 354m Total Descent: 363m

Technical considerations/difficulty: None

Facilities: There is parking and a restroom on the way.

Thoughts/observations/recommendations: I was in Matsumoto for some training and wanted to get into the hills. This is a nice walk in the park for the locals. It's not the type of place I'd set as a destination from far away but it was nice.

I wanted to get to Mt. Naka and back to my hotel room early enough in the morning so that I could get cleaned up and go on to my training venue on time so I got on a train before 6 and ran instead of hiked. It was a bit cold starting out as it was 1 degree Celsius and I was wearing just a t-shirt and shorts. 🥶 It was a great morning, though. Beautiful skies and some of the sakura were peaking.

Here are some pictures.