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 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:
Hiking Mount Bunagatake (武奈ヶ岳) in Japan
Name: Mount Bunagatake Japanese name: 武奈ヶ岳 (Bunagatake) Location: Ōtsu, Shiga (滋賀県大津市) Summit elevation: 3,984 ft / 1,214.4 m Elevation change: 2,394 ft / 730 m Round-trip distance from trailhead: 7.86 mi / 12.65 km Round-trip time from trailhead*: 5:38 moving time / 6:56 total
Hiking Mount Ibuki (伊吹山) in Japan
Name: Mount Ibuki Japanese name: 伊吹山 (Ibukiyama) Location: Maibara, Shiga (滋賀県米原市) 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 (日野山) in Japan
Name: Mt. Hino Japanese name: 日野山 (Hinosan) Location: Echizen City, Fukui, Japan (福井県越前市) Summit elevation: 2,608 ft / 795 m Elevation change: 2,346 ft / 715 m Round-trip distance from trailhead: 3.85 mi / 6.2 km Round-trip time from trailhead*: 3 hours Difficulty: Easy-Moderate Water on
Hiking Mount Arashima (荒島岳) in Japan
Name: Mount Arashima Japanese name: 荒島岳 (Arashimadake) Location: Ono City, Fukui, Japan (福井県大野市) 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: 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), and so introducing the threat of toxic sulphuric gas and volcanic eruption was the