Mount Rishiri (ๅฉๅฐปๅฑฑ, Rishiri-zan) is a 5,646 ft / 1,721 m stratovolcano on Rishiri Island (ๅฉๅฐปๅณถ) off the northwest coast of Hokkaido (ๅๆตท้). The entirety of Rishiri Island is essentially Mount Rishiri and the peak is near the island's center. It is one of Japan's hyaku-meizan, but it is
Hiking Tateyama (็ซๅฑฑ) in Japan
Name: Mount TateJapanese name: ็ซๅฑฑ (Tateyama)Location: Tateyama, Toyama (ๅฏๅฑฑ็็ซๅฑฑ็บ)Summit elevation: 9,892 ft / 3,015 mElevation change: 2,017 ft / 615 mRound-trip distance from trailhead: 3.5 mi / 5.6 kmRound-trip time from trailhead*: 3 hours 30 minutes (from Murodล)Difficulty: ModerateWater on trail:
Hiking Mount Sannomine (ไธใๅณฐ) in Japan
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:
Hiking Mount Bunagatake (ๆญฆๅฅใถๅฒณ) in Japan
Name: Mount BunagatakeJapanese name: ๆญฆๅฅใถๅฒณ (Bunagatake)Location: ลtsu, Shiga (ๆป่ณ็ๅคงๆดฅๅธ)Summit elevation: 3,984 ft / 1,214.4 mElevation change: 2,394 ft / 730 mRound-trip distance from trailhead: 7.86 mi / 12.65 kmRound-trip time from trailhead*: 5:38 moving time / 6:56 total timeDifficulty:
Hiking Mount Ibuki (ไผๅนๅฑฑ) in Japan
Name: Mount Ibuki Japanese name: ไผๅนๅฑฑ (Ibukiyama) Location: Maibara, Shiga (ๆป่ณ็็ฑณๅๅธ) Summit elevation: 4,518 ft / 1,377 m Elevation change: 2,788 ft / 850 m Round-trip distance from trailhead: 8.71 mi / 14 km Round-trip time from trailhead*: 4:13 moving time / 5:25 total time Difficulty:
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
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
Climbing Mount Aso (้ฟ่ๅฑฑ): Japan’s Largest Active Volcano
Bored with simply hiking everyday trails after the Pacific Crest Trail, I felt that my outdoor expeditions required another level of danger (because bears, dehydration, and murderers in the desert were not enough). Introducing the threat of toxic sulphuric gas and volcanic eruption was the only