Name: Mount Tate Japanese name: 立山 (Tateyama) Location: Tateyama, Toyama (富山県立山町) Summit elevation: 9,892 ft / 3,015 m Elevation change: 2,017 ft / 615 m Round-trip distance from trailhead: 3.5 mi / 5.6 km Round-trip time from trailhead*: 3 hours 30 minutes (from Murodō) Difficulty:
Hiking Mount Tsurugi (剱岳) in Japan
Mount Tsurugi (剱岳, Tsurugidake) is one of the many prize peaks of the Kita Alps (北アルプス), and is also one of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains. The trailhead described here is a bit remote and if you don't have your own transportation, then you're out of luck unless you want to take an expensive taxi
15 Things To Know Before Hiking In Japan
Hiking in Japan can be a lot like hiking elsewhere in the world; except that sometimes it's not. My experience hiking in Japan has taught me a lot about the country and what can be expected when hitting the trail or climbing one of its many famous mountains. Some of what can be found hiking in
Big In Japan – How I Got Featured In A Japanese Newspaper
Long story short, I'm hugely famous in Japan now and will probably never be returning to the America (or even leaving this volcano filled island). Here's how it happened: I've just spent three hours dragging myself through 4,000 vertical feet (1,200 m) of boulder field to the saddle beneath
Hiking Mount Sannomine (三ノ峰) in Japan
Name: Mount Sannomine Japanese name: 三ノ峰 (Sannomine) Location: Ono, Fukui (福井県大野市) Summit elevation: 7,103 ft / 2,165 m Elevation change: 4,856 ft / 1,480 m Round-trip distance from trailhead: 8.01 mi / 12.89 km Round-trip time from trailhead*: 5:52 moving time / 7:58 total time Difficulty:
Touring A Japanese Supermarket
One of the things I like to do while in a new country is go to the supermarkets and just wander around (and not just because I have no money to buy anything - but that's also true). Japan has everything you might expect it to have in it's markets: copious amounts of rice, tofu, green tea, and
How Vacation Time (年休 Nenkyu) Works In Japan
I used to think the United States had problems with vacation time from work ("I still do, but I used to too" -MH). Now that I have been able to experience Japan's take on vacation time, or 年休 (nenkyu), I have realized that things could be far worse in the States of United America. Now before
Hiking Mount Kanmuri (冠山) in Japan
Name: Mount Kanmuri Japanese name: 冠山 (Kanmuriyama) Location: Ibigawa, Gifu (岐阜県揖斐川町) / Ikeda, Fukui (福井県池田町) Summit elevation: 4,123 ft / 1,256.6 m Elevation change: 703 ft / 214 m Round-trip distance from trailhead: 3.44 mi / 5.53 km Round-trip time from trailhead*: 2:20 moving time / 2:46
The 100 Famous Japanese Mountains (日本百名山)
Imagine a place in the middle of the ocean along the Pacific Ring of Fire. This place is filled with volcanoes and host to near constant seismic activity. We can expect that several times each century this place will experience destructive earthquakes that (may) also result in equally destructive