I tend to spend a lot of time in an area once I start. Maria von Trapp may have wanted to climb every mountain but I want to climb every trail up every mountain.
In the winter and early spring, I spent a fair amount of time in the corner of Yamanashi north of Mt. Daibosatsu around Mt. Kasatori. There are some wonderful trails there.
Imagine my surprise when I came upon this!
I thought it was so cool that I returned a week later with this knife . . .
Those antlers are now on my wall. They are one of my coolest possessions.
Up in Saitama a few days later
Back in Tokyo, near the Okutama Line in Ome.
This is a カモシカ(kamoshika). That translates as serow. I've only seen 3 or 4 them in all the times I've been in the woods. Probably because they tend to not be found in areas where deer are present--and there are a lot of deer in Tokyo and Yamanashi.
Late afternoon hike.
