PinoyMountaineer in Japan

This is a country page describing my hiking adventures in Japan.

As of November 2018, I have completed ten hiking trips in Japan, with over 30 hikes including 22 of the Hyakumeizan and all the Five Highest Mountains of Japan. Mt. Fuji, the highest in the country, thrice; Kita-dake and Ai-no-dake – the 2nd and 4th highest mountains in the country; and Asaki-dake, the highest in the northernmost major island of Hokkaido.

HIKING IN JAPAN
(Hyakumeizan are numbered in italics)

Summer 2008 (June-July 2008)
INTRODUCTION TO JAPAN
Hiking matters #14: Nantai-san and Shirane-san 1,2
Hiking matters #15: Tokyo rain
Hiking matters #16: Finally, Fuji! 3

Autumn 2011 (October 24-31, 2011)
DAYHIKES IN THE KANSAI REGION
Hiking matters #199: Yamanobe-no-Michi, Nara, Japan
Hiking matters #200: Mount Hiei in Kyoto, Japan
Hiking matters #201: Shirage-dake (白髪岳) in Hyogo, Japan
Hiking Matters #202: Outdoor shops in Osaka

Spring 2012 (May 23-June 5, 2012)
FROM HOKKAIDO TO HIROSHIMA
Hiking matters #269: Asahi-dake – Daisetsuzan 旭岳 (2290m) 4
Hiking matters #270: Mount Yotei 羊蹄山 (1898m) 5
Hiking matters #271: Takao-san in Tokyo, Japan
Hiking matters #272: Mount Misen in Miyajima
Japan Essay: Beauty in the threshold of memory

Summer 2016 (July 3-13, 2016)
JAPAN’S HIGHEST PEAKS
Hiking matters #514: Kita-dake to Ai-no-dake traverse6,7
Hiking matters #515: Takao to Jinba traverse
Hiking matters #516: The return to Mt. Fuji3

Summer 2016 – Kyushu (August 2016)
KYUSHU I
Hiking matters #521: Homanzan in Fukuoka
Hiking maters #522: Kuju Volcano, the highest in Kyushu8
Hiking matters #523: Kirishima Volcano9
Hiking matters #524: Kaimondake, the “Fuji of Kyushu”10

Autumn 2016 (November 2016)
KYUSHU II
Hiking matters #515: Mt. Yufu 由布岳
Hiking matters #516: Hikosan 英彦山
Hiking matters #517: Raizan 雷山

Summer 2017 (July 2017)
Hiking matters #560: Mt. Tsukuba11
Hiking matters #561: Mt. Akagi 12
Hiking matters #562: Mt. Fuji for the third time
Hiking matters #563 and 564: Tatemaya-Tsurugi Traverse 13 14
Hiking matters #565: Mt. Tanzawa 15
Hiking matters #566: Mt. Kumotori 16