2023JP 30 IIYAMA 飯山

==== ATTENTION! ====
THIS IS NOT A CONTINUOS TRACK RECORDING. The real distance can be MUCH LONGER than the recorded one. The vertical distance (up and down) can be longer, too. USE A MAP to follow the route described below. For hiking trails, I used the 山と高原池図App. I tried to remember switching on GPS tracking on all points that are critical for finding the right way. Where GPS tracking was not active, a straight line is displayed instead of the real path.

==== CONTEXT ====
All my tracks 2023JP are for a series of 33 walks that connect Tokyo, at the Pacific Ocean, with Joetsu, at the Sea of Japan, passing near Mount Fuji. Done from 29th of September until 1st of November 2023. I will publish a resume named "2023JP 00 TOKYO to SEA OF JAPAN 東京　日本海".

==== PLANNING ====
4¾h, 21km, +650m
Sun 29Oct
P0) (350m) Hotel route inn
1h30, 6.2km, N
P1) (350m) Komaki 古牧橋 bridge
[nightstay: 1h15, 5.6km to Iiyamakan 御宿 飯山館]
1h00, 4.5km NNE-WNW via main street with restaurants and convenience stores (from km 2.2).
P2) (350m) Shizuma 静門 神社 shrine
2h10, 9.5km WNW through valley
P3) (1000m) Madarao KOGEN
0h10, 0.9km, W-S-E
P4) (1000m) Elm Pension

==== WEATHER FORECAST ====
(for city of P0 by NHK the same morning)
Cloudy, max. 15C, max. 5m/s, 09:00 10C.

==== REAL TIMES & ROUTE ====
Sun 29Oct
P0) 09:35
09:45-10:00, 7-Eleven and photos at self service rice mill.
10:15 I turn right, curious about from sound from that direction.
Long photo stops at various spots.
P1) 11:55
7-Eleven closed.
12:40 Lawson
P2) 13:00
14:00 I'm wrong. I shouldn't have crossed the bridge where the 山と高原map suggests that the first road crosses the river.
Light rain on the upper part of this section.
P3)
P4) 16:15