Guidebook to the Magnificent Japan Alps It would seem the only thing rarer than an albino dodo bird, scoring an albatross in golf or stumbling upon a Freshness Burger outlet in Tokyo is an English-language guidebook dedicated to Japan’s mountains...
Japan’s Most Prominent Peaks For better or worse, Kyuya Fukada’s 1964 best seller “100 Famous Japanese Mountains” (日本百名山 Nihon Hyaku-meizan) has had a profound influence on modern alpinism in Japan. It has led to a decades long hiking boom...
Hiked on Oct 28, 2018 . Okinomimi オキノ耳 – Mt. Mantaro 万太郎山 – Mt. Tairappyou 平標山 Duration: 3 days Distance: 25.7 km Elevation change: 1363 metres Highest point: 2026 metres Start: Doai Station (Joetsu...
Hiked on Oct 2, 2018 . Lake Oze 尾瀬沼 – Mt. Hiuchigatake 燧ヶ岳 – Mt. Shibutsu 至仏山 Duration: 3 days Distance: 32.4 km Elevation change: 1166 metres Highest point: 2356 metres Start: Oshimizu Bus Stop ...
Hiked on Sep 28, 2018 . Tsukuba Shrine 筑波神社 – Mt. Nantai 男体山 – Mt. Nyotai 女体山 Duration: 3.5 hours Distance: 5.9 km Elevation change: 600 metres Highest point: 877 metres Start: Tsukuba Shrine bus stop ...
Hiked on Sep 23, 2018 Jul 15, 2022 . Futarasan Shrine 二荒山神社 – Mt. Nantai 男体山 Duration: 7 hours Distance: 13.4 km Elevation change: 1204 metres Highest point: 2484 metres Start: Shobugahama Campground...
Hiked on Jul 20, 2018 Aug 15, 2021 . Mt. Mibudake 三峰岳 – Mt. Ainodake 間ノ岳 – Mt. Notoridake 農鳥岳 Duration: 4 days Distance: 27.5 km Elevation change: 1399 metres Highest point: 3189 metres ...
Hiked on May 24, 2018 May 15, 2022 . Mt. Kurobi 黒檜山 – Mt. Komagatake 駒ヶ岳登山 – Mt. Choshichiro 長七郎山 Duration: 2 days Distance: 22.3 km Elevation change: 1330 metres Highest point: 1828 metres ...
Hiked on Aug 27, 2017 Aug 10, 2022 . Hirogawara 広河原 – Shirane-oike 白根御池 – Kita-dake 北岳 Duration: 3 days Distance: 11.8 km Elevation change: 1673 metres Highest point: 3193 metres Start:...
Hiked on Aug 3, 2017 Jul 18, 2022 . Mt. Tateshina 蓼科山 – Ogawaratoge Pass 大河原峠 – Mugikusa Pass 麦草峠 Duration: 3 days Distance: 16.2 km Elevation change: 886 metres Highest point: 2530 metres ...