WILD EDIBLE PLANT HUNT and HIKE
in Kurraki Park in Kamiooka
Meeting at Keikyu Kamiooka Station(Exit 2) East
Meeting at Keikyu Kamiooka Station(Exit 2) East
Getting there..
Municipal subway to Kamiooka and exit the East Exit, walk up the steps to the Keikyu Railway station. You can take the Yokohama
11:00 From EXIT #2 of Kamiooka Station. As a group we walked northbound along the Keikyu Railways. 
And made a quick stop at the Lawsons convenience store.
Turning right at the Lawsons we walked up some side streets which lead to a larger road and followed it up past a CREATE market. The street winded uphill and passed an Elementary school and a Junior High school. Walking around the corner of the schools baseball field (across the street from a Mini Storage house) we came out onto a wide street which lead to the entrance of the Noh theater Park.
We turned tight at the signpost and entered the gate of the Noh theater park. The entrance is free.
The Noh Theater Park often has stage productions inside the main theater and sometimes outside in the park gardens.
We continued through the Japanese gardens (the garden had a lot of tasty looking sansai-but you can't pick any of the plants-too bad!) and at the end of the park there was a long wooden staircase that lead to the top of the hill.
At the top of the hill is the exit(The exit closes at 4pm)
and the start of the hiking trail. There were several views atop the hiking train worth showing here.
At the top of one of the more "veggitated hillside" we looked for Wild Edible plants.
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Wild onions(no bi ru) were abundant in one area so I showed everyone how to identify and pick the wild onions, which has a strong smell but tastes great!
At the base of the hiking course there was a park with a pond.
We spent time there to have lunch and to gather some water-based plants, like 'seri' trevoil and watercress
Getting back...
from the South entrance of the park it's only a twenty minute walk back to Kamiooka station if you take a short-cut over the hill and past Maito Elementary school.
There was an interesting cemetery at the top of the hill. Because it had a view of the surrounding mountain side the plots themselves are very expensive. Your eternal resting place needs a view, I guess.
Going over the mountain if you get lost, just look for the large KEIKYU dept building sign and it will lead you back to the station.
All in all it was a easy and fun hike had by all!
Wild onions(no bi ru) were abundant in one area so I showed everyone how to identify and pick the wild onions, which has a strong smell but tastes great! 
At the base of the hiking course there was a park with a pond.
We spent time there to have lunch and to gather some water-based plants, like 'seri' trevoil and watercress 
Getting back... from the South entrance of the park it's only a twenty minute walk back to Kamiooka station if you take a short-cut over the hill and past Maito Elementary school.There was an interesting cemetery at the top of the hill. Because it had a view of the surrounding mountain side the plots themselves are very expensive. Your eternal resting place needs a view, I guess.Going over the mountain if you get lost, just look for the large KEIKYU dept building sign and it will lead you back to the station.All in all it was a easy and fun hike had by all! 
In a skillet fry the pork lard in 1 Tbs salad oil. (It’s not the healthiest food but it’s very satisfying.) 
Fry the beans and garlic together in the lard. Add the bay leaves and salt and cook the beans 20 minutes. Remove the lard, bay leaves, and garlic cloves and smash the beans. Add the retained bean water and blend until smooth. 
