Mount Rishiri (利尻山, Rishiri-zan) is a 5,646 ft / 1,721 m stratovolcano on Rishiri Island (利尻島) off the northwest coast of Hokkaido (北海道). 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 (立山) in Japan
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
Mt. 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 Mt. Hino will still get your blood pumping, and the summit
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 (阿蘇山): 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