The Low-Down on Japanese Hiking Maps The map images and contents of this article have been obtained with the permission of the publisher (株式会社昭文社 Shobunsha Publications, Inc.). Writing about topographic maps i.e. a map which uses elevation contours...
Hiked on Oct 28, 2019 Aug 15, 2021 . Makihatayama Refuge Hut 巻機山避難小屋 – Mt. Makihata 巻機山 Duration: 2 days Distance: 16.3 km Elevation change: 1372 metres Highest point: 1967 metres Start: Shimizu...
Recollections from my First Hyakumeizan It’s been 19 years since I first climbed Japan’s most iconic peak, so this Mountain Day I thought it fitting to wind back the clock and revisit my first Nihon Hyakumeizan—or 100 Famous Japanese Mountain. ...
Hiked on Jul 25, 2019 . Mt. Senmai-dake 千枚岳 – Mt. Warusawa 悪沢岳 – Mt. Eboshi 烏帽子岳 Duration: 5 days Distance: 29.1 km Elevation change: 2021 metres Highest point: 3141 metres Start: Sawarajima Lodge...
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 ...