{"id":76149,"date":"2008-08-08T09:08:23","date_gmt":"2008-08-08T00:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=89"},"modified":"2008-08-08T09:08:23","modified_gmt":"2008-08-08T00:08:23","slug":"climbing-mt-yari-mt-hotaka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/outdoor\/climbing-mt-yari-mt-hotaka\/","title":{"rendered":"Climbing Mt. Yari &#038; Mt. Hotaka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/Yarclimb.jpg\" align=\"right\" alt=\"\" \/>On August 2nd through the 4th, I climbed Mt. Yari (Yarigatake) and  Mt. Kitahotakadake. Mt. Yari, a symbol of the Japan Alps, is Japan&#8217;s fifth highest peak at 3,180m and called &#8220;the Japanese Matterhorn&#8221; because of its shape.<br \/>\nAfter climbing Yarigatake and staying at a mountain lodge, I walked to Mt. Kitahotakadake, which is 3,106m high. The trail between Mt. Yari and Mt. Kitahotakadate is one of the most difficult and dangerous routes to walk in Japan.<br \/>\nI stayed there and went down to Kamikochi via Karasawa.<br \/>\nClimbing Mt. Yari and Mt. Hotaka is very popular among Japanese and foreign climbers and was one of my dreams. I really enjoyed trekking and the beautiful scenery. I could see Mt. Fuji.<br \/>\nSee also our <a href=\"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/contents12+index.htm\">Outdoor Activities page<\/a>.<br \/>\n<img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/Yarclim2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> <img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/Yarhosno.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/outdoor\/climbing-mt-yari-mt-hotaka\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/outdoor\/climbing-mt-yari-mt-hotaka\/\" data-text=\"Climbing Mt. Yari &amp; Mt. 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