It is five o'clock in the morning.

And this is where Harvard, our adventure and great start five o'clock in the morning.

And this is where our adventure begins.

Way just packed up our campsite first thing in the morning way are heading towards Toca Kushi Shrine can actually hear somebody down here with bells so you can actually see it on this sign here.

We're right here at the entrance way.

Got to go all the way to this entrance and then all the way up to the Shrine way have quite a bit of space to cover.

In fact, just between here and there is like 15 plus minutes way Let's get going s Usually when I come out to places like this a four or five o'clock in the morning, I tend to have them all to myself.

But it's just been like a constant flow of hikers coming through here of all ages.

Um, and everybody but us has bells e shit like that.

Some people back their way.

Thes son is just starting to come up through the trees in this place.

Thing is beautiful.

Uh huh.

Thank you.

Found something?

Yeah, like that.

Mhm.

Having fun yet?

So both Tiki and I have been looking forward to coming out to this spot since day one.

It doesn't disappoint.

Um, what do you think?

So far?

So far, so much better than a picture.

Yeah.

You always see this place popping up on Instagram.

You'll have someone in a kimono standing right between these trees.

It's almost impressive that they're able to hike through all of this in a kimono.

I'd assume they probably were other boots and then change into kimono shoes when they get there.

But still they do it in the snow.

They managed not to get dirty.

Wow, these trees, like, look it, Look at the trunk of this treat.

Wow.

But the thing is, you don't often see the main shrine in any of the photos.

It's always I think it's really about the journey with this place.

It's always about the journey.

Yeah, just in open field there, I will say, if you're not a big kind of bugs, this place is filled with bugs and mosquitoes.

So bring your sprays and repellents and all of that.

But like that, this it never really shows up in video thing was quite quite the steel hard core when I was expecting after that road I was expecting.

They're huge Tory and then shrine.

And by and instead you get stairs.

I'm eso Tiki lives in the super in, aka of Japan, The Super Countryside Off Saga.

Yeah, it's a really, really beautiful place.

He boasts spectacular pictures about it all the time, but he hates Bug.

Yeah, it is like the worst thing that happened.

That hasn't It's nonstop, all right.

Looks like we have a journey ahead of us.

Yeah, still, also not a fan of stairs.

This place really does have a Ghibli esque feel to adult.

There was only one kilometer away effective.

It's like one vertical kilometer take.

He's starting to doubt the existence of the shrine itself, and it looks like the shrine itself is just right up these stairs.

It's about 6 30 in the morning now, so the drums have started on.

It looks like the shrine itself might actually be kind of tiny with getting here just in time for the morning prayers, the sunlight hitting the shrine like that Way E.

I was really worried about other people at the beginning, but it's back.

Yeah, they're empty.

Alright?

Trying.

I personally kind of like the juxtaposition off the big big entrance like the the grandiose entrance with all the trees and the super humble Shrider.

Yeah, like, this is Tiki trying to check his phone while hiding from bugs at the same time.

Everyone should do it if you want things is Japanese culture.

Ladies, gentlemen, three really, really recommend coming out here.

So I'll link the location as well as the location of the campground that we stayed yesterday.

Because they're super close.

You can actually walk from the campground.

Thio here can hike from the campsite itself to toga cushy about one hour or so.

Yeah, if you take this road, that's that's nice.

And that campsite actually has a bus.

That'll take you right there, in case you don't drive so way have to grab the car.