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Hyakumeizan: Climbing Japan’s 100 Most Famous Mountains chronicles Ginger Vaughn as she climbs the 100 most famous mountains across Japan. If you are interested in hiking in Japan, the Hyakumeizan are a great way to travel the country and enjoys some great hiking and trekking in Japan with mountains of all heights and levels. Enjoy some great information including access to trailheads and closest train stations to these popular hikes. Ginger was one of the first foreign women to complete the Hyakumeizan.

100 Famous Japanese Mountains: #17 Hachimantai

I hear the door to the Visitor’s Center slide open as I scramble to get my things in order. Still in my sleeping bag with all...

100 Famous Japanese Mountains: #56 Kita-Dake

It was my third day out in the South Alps, and I was convinced I was an “ame-onna” (rain woman) as I had been in my rain ge...

100 Famous Japanese Mountains: #30 Ishizuchi-san...

On the ferry from Tokyo to Tokushima, a local woman told me it was a good choice to climb Ishizuchi-san, as it is the guardian an...

100 Famous Japanese Mountains: #1 Poroshiri-dake...

“A foreign girl climbing Poroshiri alone? I have lived here 50 years, and the mountain is no joke.” So said the old man at the vi...

100 Famous Japanese Mountains: #54 Kaikoma-gatak...

For two weeks I had been in the South Alps, working as hut staff. Preparing pre-sunrise breakfasts and early dinners left little ...

100 Famous Japanese Mountains: #34 Ibuki-san

Some say the name Ibuki (strong exhalation) comes from the powerful winds common on Mt. Ibuki. As the wind picked up and the appr...

100 Famous Japanese Mountains: #64 Asahi-dake

It was the fourth day I had been traveling with Hiroshi Sakurai, who I had met while hitchhiking to Mt. Iide a few days before. I...

100 Famous Japanese Mountains: #70 Tateyama

Right as I began to empty the contents of the tent bag on the ground, snowflakes started to come down with a flurry. “No, no, no”...

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