Start north Ohara, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Hike west up to Mt Minako (960m) then down to Japan's tallest trees (3x). Map has bus stops to/from and timetables. LOGISTICS *Caltopo suggests this 18km hike = 9 hours (2kms/hr) *Earliest kyoto city bus arrives about 8.30am from kokusaikaikan station (bus 19 then bus 10 from Ohara) *5.50pm Last bus (on Sundays) from end of hike (back to kokusaikaikan station [#1 station on karasuma line Kyoto subway) Theoretically possible to get from 'point to point' and not miss last bus home! 8.30-5.30 = 10 hrs ... = 1.8kms/hr avg