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Still available from my Japanese distributor @alice_sha, the award-winning, first bilingual hiking map for Japan in Swiss map style of #Hokkaido's tallest mountain, "ASAHI-DAKE: The Heart of Daisetsuzan National Park".
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In honour of the host country of #icc2019tokyo, the cover of the "Swiss National Report - Cartography in Switzerland 2015-2019" features a Swiss-Japanese co-production: the map "Asahi-dake - The heart of the Daisetsuzan National Park" 1:25,000 @ICC2019TOKYO @asahidake_2291
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The Hokkaido Cartographer retweeted
New post with COCOHELI, a service I’ve carried on every hike for nearly six years. A look at why finding a missing hiker is often harder than rescuing one, what the transmitter can and can’t do, and tips for foreign hikers in Japan.
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The Hokkaido Cartographer retweeted
Free camp at Sawara-ike, Mt. Fuji above a sea of clouds, and the whole place to myself overnight. New report: Mt. Amari to Mt. Sentoboshi, plus how to get there without a car. 🏕️🗻
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#JapanHiking #Yamanashi
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#JapanHiking #Yamanashi
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The Hokkaido Cartographer retweeted
Japan’s popular bear map Kumamap reviewed: what it counts, how it rates risk, and why hikers should treat it with care. 🥾🐻
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#kumamap
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#kumamap
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The Hokkaido Cartographer retweeted
Kirigamine: arguably the easiest of Japan’s 100 Famous Mountains. A dawn loop from Kirigamine Campground over Mt. Kurumayama and Yashimagahara Wetland shows it at its best. Highly recommended. ridgelineimages.com/hiking/kirigam…
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The Hokkaido Cartographer retweeted
‘No-Go’ Status Lifted for Trail with View of Gunma Prefecture Crater Lake, Allowing Visitors to Return for 1st Time Since 2018 japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/features/trave…
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The Hokkaido Cartographer retweeted
Planning your autumn hikes? All 100 Hyakumeizan on one A3 sheet.
Front: a periodic table of peaks.
Back: what it takes to hike each one from Tokyo – day trip, weekend or expedition.
500 yen on Ko-fi
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#Hyakumeizan
Front: a periodic table of peaks.
Back: what it takes to hike each one from Tokyo – day trip, weekend or expedition.
500 yen on Ko-fi
ridgelineimages.com/musings/hyakum…
#Hyakumeizan
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It’s a tough balance to strike between providing a religious service and earning money to keep old traditions alive!
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The Hokkaido Cartographer retweeted
Activity on Japan's 100 Famous Mountains is changing. soranews24.com/2026/08/25/dat…
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The Hokkaido Cartographer retweeted
Could you open a mountain hut in the Japanese Alps today? Turns out it’s not as simple as finding a nice patch of mountainside and putting up a building.
Who owns the land? How did the existing huts get there? What happens when one closes for good?
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Who owns the land? How did the existing huts get there? What happens when one closes for good?
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The Hokkaido Cartographer retweeted
It's multi-day hikes like the Panorama Ginza Traverse that keep me coming back. In fine weather, there's nothing quite like traversing the Jonen Mountains with uninterrupted views across the Azusa Valley to Yarigatake and the magnificent Hotaka Range.
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The Hokkaido Cartographer retweeted
Sharing it again, because I think it's important. Mt. Apoi UNESCO Global Geopark needs your help to meet their funding needs for this year's projects. Please consider supporting them if you are able! You can donate from overseas with a credit card.
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The Hokkaido Cartographer retweeted
アポイ岳GP クラファン開始📢
北海道の #アポイ岳ジオパーク が、持続可能な活動と様似町の未来、子どもたちのためにクラウドファンディングに挑戦しています。
活動継続には、皆様の応援が必要です！ぜひ、プロジェクトページをご覧ください。
👉 readyfor.jp/projects/apoi3…
#READYFOR #応援よろしく
北海道の #アポイ岳ジオパーク が、持続可能な活動と様似町の未来、子どもたちのためにクラウドファンディングに挑戦しています。
活動継続には、皆様の応援が必要です！ぜひ、プロジェクトページをご覧ください。
👉 readyfor.jp/projects/apoi3…
#READYFOR #応援よろしく
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This is something I encountered in nearly every traditional ryokan where I stayed. It becomes increasingly accurate the more rural the area is.
Amid an increasing number of foreign tourists in Japan, over 70% of accommodations in the country said they are understaffed, according to the government's white paper on tourism released on Friday. 👉 ebx.sh/VTNdRF
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The Hokkaido Cartographer retweeted
@seiyosakoi3 木原さん、養子が伝統なのですか？明治憲法では禁止されてたんでしょ。娘や孫より養子に家督を譲るのが伝統なんていうお宅があるんですかね。
男女に関わらず国民が敬愛する方が伝統を守りつつ最大限国民に心配りをされる天皇であらせられるのがあらまほしき象徴天皇制なのでは？
男女に関わらず国民が敬愛する方が伝統を守りつつ最大限国民に心配りをされる天皇であらせられるのがあらまほしき象徴天皇制なのでは？
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If you go don't forget to download my bilingual hiking map
Rausu-dake 羅臼岳 Hiking Map (Hokkaido, Japan) 1:25,000
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Rausu-dake 羅臼岳 Hiking Map (Hokkaido, Japan) 1:25,000
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Closed for 11 months after a fatal bear attack last August, the trails on Mt. Rausu on the Shiretoko Peninsula are once more open to hikers.
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The Hokkaido Cartographer retweeted
Some controversy on JP X re YAMAP, the premier JP hiking app, to ban the upload of out of season climbs on Mt Fuji, despite them being legal with the submission of a climbing plan. Lots of pissed off Japanese users threatening to cancel their subscriptions!
YAMAP「開山期間以外の富士山への登山はできません」
まじで何言ってんの？
登山者用アプリだよね・・・？
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