Name: Mount Kasa Japanese name: 笠ヶ岳 (Kasagatake) Location: Gifu, Japan (岐阜県) Summit elevation: 9,505 ft / 2,897 m Elevation change: 6,233 ft / 1,900 m Round-trip distance from trailhead: 13.54 mi / 21.79 km Round-trip time from trailhead*: 11 hours 30 minutes Difficulty: Strenuous Water on
Hiking Mount Hino (日野山) in Japan
Mount Hino (日野山, Hinosan), laughably nicknamed "Mt. Fuji of Echizen", is a day hike located in Echizen City, Fukui (福井県越前市). The summit is 2,608 ft / 795 m above sea level which makes this more of a hill than a mountain, but the trek up Mount Hino will still get your blood pumping, and the summit