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Sasamekura mountain is in southern mountains in Nikko 600m upstream from SPACE riverhouse.  Located about 100m up the steep driveway near the trail head is also a beautiful cafe called Seiryuin Yama Goya Cafe.

On this hike, we only made it to the old gold mine, about 75% of the way to the peak.

Road sign at the entrance on route 149, Seiryuin Yama Goya in the background on the hill.

Sasamekura meditation hut

the trail starts off pretty simple looking…

Sasamekura washed-out trail

Sasamekura washed-out stone trail

Sasamekura surrounding view

Sasamekura grass trail

Sasamekura grass path

Sasamekura surrounding mountains

Sasamekura mountain trail

Sasamekura gate to gold mine

Sasamekura entrance to gold mine

Sasamekura gold mine

We left empty handed, no gold… but, we did see some bats in the cave.