Mount Tsurugi – Hiking the old pilgrim trail (4K) | 剣山 コリトリ登山道 旧表参道

Mount Tsurugi – Hiking the old pilgrim trail (4K) | 剣山 コリトリ登山道 旧表参道

In this video, my friend and I take you on a hiking adventure up Mount Tsurugi (1,955 metres / 6,414 ft), located in Tokushima Prefecture, Shikoku Island, just south of the Seto Inland Sea. Our route starts at Koritori, and rises steeply up the mountain, taking around 4 hours to reach the peak. This route is the old pilgrim’s trail which was probably the first route ever taken to the peak, when mountain climbing was a spiritual act, rather than a leisurely one.

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Filmed and shot on a Sony A7III and GoPro 9 with a DJI Mic 2

Trailhead map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/MGEwiysz6HNAQbVS6

Music –
The David Roy Collective – Hopeful
The David Roy Collective – Moments

00:00 Preview
01:05 Intro talk
01:50 Ascent
04:00 Tsurugi san Ryukoji Temple (劒山 龍光寺)
06:51 A shrine
09:30 Changing colours
11:35 Ichi no mori (一の森)
16:52 Lunch time
17:20 Approaching the peak
19:20 Mount Tsurugi peak and a waterfall of clouds
20:00 Autumn colours at Jirogyu (次郎笈)
20:42 Descent
23:00 Ichi no mori peak
25:20 Outro
26:00 Photo highlights

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