Weekend Alpinist

Trail-tested by a Tokyo weekend hiker

Plan your hike in Japan with real route notes.

Distances, train access, teahouses and huts, and how to get home — from routes I have actually walked.

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Japan TrailsDay hikes you can reach by train from Tokyo, and multi-day routes in the Japan Alps.Mountain Know-howHow hiking in Japan actually works: huts, cash, toilets, food and trail culture.Beyond JapanBig mountains abroad, and what a Japan-based hiker learned on them.

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