3rd video of trip from Shinjuku hiking up to Tsukuba san/Mount Tsukuba mountain top.
This video shows you the trip route on foot back to Shinjuku from Nyotai-san in Tsukuba.
● Trip to Mount Tsukuba from Shinjuku [Shinjuku Tube]
● Nantai-san and Nyotai-san hiking [Shinjuku Tube]
History of Mount Tsukuba
According to Tsukuba san legend, thousands of years ago, a deity descended from the heavens and asked two mountains for a place to spend the night.
With its great summit and almost perfect cone, Mt. Fuji refused, believing with pride and arrogance that it does not need the deity’s blessings.
Mt. Tsukuba, on the other hand, humbly welcomed the honored guest, even offering food and water.
Today, Mt. Fuji is a cold, lonely, and barren mountain, while Mt. Tsukuba bursts with vegetation and is filled with colors as the seasons change.
Ancient chronicles say that the sacred progenitors of the Japanese race are enshrined here, the male deity, Izanagi-no-Mikoto, at Nantai san, and the female deity, Izanami-no-Mikoto, at Nyotai san. Legends say that the two deities wed and gave birth to other deities, and even to Japan herself.