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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.
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100 Famous Japanese Mountains: #45 Kuro-dake and...
Although I have been known to be an ame-onna, a woman whose presence seems to bring rain, this time around the gods were taking c...
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100 Famous Japanese Mountains: #89 Enna-san
The sound of traffic woke me up, and I quickly threw the sleeping bag to the floor and flipped open my mobile to check the time. ...
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100 Famous Japanese Mountains: #68 Goryu-dake
The dust in the rusting tin storage shack I had stayed in near Goryu campsite had gotten the best of me, and I woke up sneezing a...
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100 Famous Japanese Mountains: #27 Kaimon-dake
The mountain of the day was Kaimon-dake, also known as Satsuma-Fuji, the symbol of Satsuma-hanto Peninsula. I had less than two h...
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100 Famous Japanese Mountains: #21 Tsukuba-san
As I approached Mt. Tsukuba from a distance, I could see the two peaks that symbolize this mountain. The peak to the east, Nyotai...
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100 Famous Japanese Mountains: #23 Kuju-san
The peak of Mt. Kuju, reaching skyward from Aso-Kuju National Park, is the highest point on Kyushu Island and is the largest acti...
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100 Famous Japanese Mountains: #87 Hijiri-dake a...
“This is going to be a long three days, the tail-end of the South Alps,” I thought to myself, as I checked my bootlaces and then ...
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100 Famous Japanese Mountains: #82: Yarigatake
After seven hours of straight hiking, I can see the unmistakable spear-like peak of Yarigatake in sight. "Just a little more," I ...