Return to the Southern Alps Part 1: (Two) of the Three peaks of Hōō – Mount Yakushi and Kannon – (鳳凰三山：薬師岳と観音岳): Hyakumeizan#28. 19/04/21-20/04/21

Hello again everybody, Alex here back with another blog post. This time I’ll be covering two main hundred famous mountains down in the Southern Alps of Japan: Mount Hōō (2,840m) and Mount Kaikoma (2,967m). I planned this out to be a rather lengthy, albeit easy-paced hike, spanning over 3 days, and a good 25km of