Western Tokyo is mountainous and only 2 hours away by train from our apartment in Hikarigaoka. A few days ago Sawako, Joichi, and I hiked around the Hachioji Castle ruins - one of the top 100 castles in Japan. We took the train to Takao station and then a short bus ride to a stop near the Castle where we walked to the trailhead.
The trail first takes you to the living area where you can see the old building foundation stones. 
From there the trail climbs steeply to the top of the hill that has wonderful views of Tokyo and Mt Fuji. 
After hiking along the ridge a bit, we came to the Hachioji-jinja shrine which was built in 916 AD. A cover was built over it to protect it.
Then we hiked back down to the valley to visit the graveyard of Hojo Ujiteru and retainers. Lots of steps to reach the ridge where the graveyard is located.
The loop hike took a total of 4 hours
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