Mt. Haruna day hike

We will climb Mt. Kamon-ga-take (1,449 m),
the highest peak of Mt. Haruna and one of the 200 Famous Japanese Mountains.

We will be able to enjoy a nice view of Lake Haruna.

Plan in brief
4:30 Meet at the Tsukuba Station parking lot, depart by car
7:45 Start hiking from Lake Haruna
9:30 Summit
10:30 Suzuri-iwa rock (viewpoint)
11:30 Back at the lake, lunch
12:30 Mt. Haruna-Fuji (1,391 m, optional; you can wait by the lake)
14:30-15:30 Ikaho (hot spring or a walk)
~ 18:30 Back in Tsukuba

If you are interested, please reply by October 14th with your
Name
Gender
Contact (phone/e-mail)
Can you provide a car? (If so, how many seats?)

Details
Course: about 3.2 km, 400 m up, about 3.5 hours with breaks (not including Mt. Haruna-Fuji)
Difficulty: * (short, but with a long staircase)
My car can take four people. If more join, we will need another car.
Heavy rain: moved to Sunday 18th (decided by the evening of the 16th).
Hot spring: we will decide on the day (probably yes). If you would rather skip it, you can walk around the stone steps street.
Bring: hiking boots, a warm layer (the lake is about 10 degrees colder than Tsukuba),
rain gear, water, snacks, lunch (or buy it at the lake), a towel if you take a bath
Costs: share of travel costs (except drivers), hot spring (about 1,000 yen), club fee (300 yen)
Short-term insurance is recommended (https://hoken.montbell.jp/).

The weather was very good, and three of us joined.
We met at Tsukuba Station at 4:30 and drove to Haruna.

We climbed two peaks of Mt. Haruna: Kamongatake and Haruna-Fuji.
The view from Kamongatake was amazing.

After coming down, we stopped by Ikaho, an onsen town nestled in the mountains.
The town had a wonderful atmosphere.

Two peaks and an onsen town, all in one day.
It was a very fulfilling day.