Name: Mount Sannomine Japanese name: ไธใๅณฐ (Sannomine) Location: Ono, Fukui (็ฆไบ็ๅคง้ๅธ) 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:
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Hiking Mount Hino (ๆฅ้ๅฑฑ) in Japan
Mt. Hino (ๆฅ้ๅฑฑ, Hinosan), laughably nicknamed "Mt. Fuji of Echizen", is a day hike located in Echizen City, Fukui (็ฆไบ็่ถๅๅธ). 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 Mt. Hino will still get your blood pumping, and the summit
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Mount Nosaka (้ๅๅฒณ, Nosakadake)a is a day hike in Tsuruga City in Japan's Fukui Prefecture (็ฆไบ็ๆฆ่ณๅธ). The trail up the mountain is well maintained and easy to follow. If the weather cooperates, you will be rewarded with some great views of southern Fukui and possibly even the Kita Alps (ๅใขใซใใน) if
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Hiking Mount Arashima (่ๅณถๅฒณ) in Japan
Name: Mount Arashima Japanese name: ่ๅณถๅฒณ (Arashimadake) Location: Ono City, Fukui, Japan (็ฆไบ็ๅคง้ๅธ) Summit elevation: 4,998 ft / 1,523.5 m Elevation change: 4,150 ft / 1,265 m Round-trip distance from trailhead: 7.96 mi / 12.8 km (with one 1 mi / 1.6 km Ko-arashima detour) Round-trip time from
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Fukui, one of Japan's 47 prefectures, is located on the island of Honshลซ in Japan's Chลซbu region along the country's western coast. Fukui is seventy minutes north of Kyoto and three and a half hours west of Tokyo via train. Fukui is my soon-to-be base of operations. But what do we know