Hiked on Nov 7, 2026 . Kofun-period burial mounds 積石塚古墳 – Sanjingu Shrine 山神宮 Duration: 3 hours Distance: 6.5 km Elevation change: 448 metres Highest point: 715 metres Start: Isawa-Onsen Station (Chuo Main Line) Finish: Isawa-Onsen...
A Hand-Painted Bus and Train Timetable From 1983 On a May morning in 2015, near the bus stop at the Kentokusan trailhead in Tokuwa, I came across an old timetable board. It wasn’t on display. It had been propped up against a shed, weathered and rust...
Hiked on Oct 31, 2026 . Sawara-ike 椹池 – Oku-Amariyama 奥甘利山 – Mt. Sentoboshi 千頭星山 Duration: 2 days Distance: 20.9 km Elevation change: 1717 metres (bus stop to summit) Highest point: 2139 metres Start:...
Hiked on Aug 17, 2026 . Shiomi Suspension bridge 塩見橋 – Water Source Entrance 水場入口 – Mt. Sasayama south peak 笹山 南峰 Duration: 2 days Distance: 14.7 km Elevation change: 1903 metres Highest point: 2733 metres...
Hiked on Jul 13, 2026 . Hirogawara 広河原 – Shiraneoike 白根御池 – Mt. Mae-Kotaroyama 前小太郎山 Duration: 2 days Distance: 13.3 km Elevation change: 1340 metres Highest point: 2860 metres Start: Hirogawara Bus...
A Pocket Guide for Climbing Mt Fuji in 2026 Hot on the heels of the Japan Hiking Field Guide comes its first companion: a pocket reference built for one mountain and one mountain only. If you’re climbing Mt Fuji this season, this pocket guide...
Hiked on Apr 28, 2026 . Mt. Obinayama 帯那山 – Tara-toge 太良峠 – Mt. Tanayama 棚山 Duration: 2 days Distance: 18.5 km Elevation change: 1091 metres Highest point: 1422 metres Start: Toichi bus stop (taxi) Finish:...
Hiked on Apr 25, 2026 . Mt. Odake 王岳 – Mt. Kagikake 鍵掛 – Mt. Settogatake 雪頭ヶ岳 Duration: 6 hours Distance: 10.4 km Elevation change: 828 metres Highest point: 1738 metres Start: Saiko Iyashi-no-Sato Nenba bus stop Finish:...
My Personal Top Fuji-View Hikes in Japan After 13 years of hiking and writing about the trails of Kanto and beyond, I’ve put together this guide to the best hikes in Japan for Mt. Fuji views – twenty-one personal favourites spanning prefectures from...
Hiked on Mar 14, 2026 . Onnazaka-toge 女坂峠 – Shoji-toge 精進峠 – Panorami-dai パノラマ台 Duration: 5 hours Distance: 8.5 km Elevation change: 512 metres Highest point: 1422 metres Start: Shoji bus stop Finish: Panorama-dai-shita bus...
Hiked on Feb 2, 2026 . Koyodai observation deck 紅葉台 – Sankodai observation deck 三湖台 – Mt. Haneko 羽根子山 Duration: 4 hours Distance: 9.3 km Elevation change: 520 metres Highest point: 1355 metres Start: Koyodai Iriguchi bus stop ...
Hiked on Nov 30, 2025 . Akiyama Nijurokuya-yama 秋山二十六夜山 – Tateno-toge 立野峠 Duration: 5 hours Distance: 10.4 km Elevation change: 442 metres Highest point: 972 metres Start: Shimozaki bus stop Finish: Yanagawa...
Hiked on Nov 23, 2025 . Akaiwa 赤岩 – Mt. Nijurokuyayama 二十六夜山 – Sennin-mizu 仙人水 Do not attempt this hike unless you have experience in route-finding and make sure you carry a topographic map and handheld GPS device. Duration: 5 hours...
Hiked on Nov 7, 2025 . Kamihikawa-toge 上日川峠 – Ishimaru-toge石丸峠 – Mt. Omatei 大マテイ山 Duration: 2 days Distance: 17.2 km Elevation change: 1262 metres Highest point: 1900 metres Start: Kamihikawa-toge bus stop ...
Where Did Akibare Go? Summer in Japan has become a bully. In years past, the lingering heat in the Kanto region was a mild inconvenience – something you grumbled about while fanning yourself through September. But lately, it’s turned downright...
Hiked on Aug 23, 2025 . Kitazawa-toge 北沢峠 – Choei-goya 長衛小屋 – Ko-senjogatake 小仙丈ヶ岳 Duration: 7 hours Distance: 11 km Elevation change: 1003 metres Highest point: 3033 metres Start: Kitazawa-toge ...