Japan

Published May 2, 2004 12:00AM


The Trip-Finder, January 1998 Japan Hiking Inn-to-Inn in the Northern Alps The Route: A ten-day trek among craggy peaks, larch forests, red oaks, and yellow aspens in Chubu Sangaku National Park, ending with a pilgrimage to the top of 12,388-foot Mount Fuji, Japan’s most sacred mountain. When to go: October Difficulty: Moderate Travel advisory: Even in mountain huts, Japanese take their shoe etiquette very seriously. God forbid you should wear your hiking boots into the dining room. High/low points: Spotting the legendary four-foot-nine-inch hermit who lives in a shack near Tokugo Pass. Sleeping with 12 others in your group bunched up like sardines on the drafty floor of a hut on Mount Karasawa. Copyright 1998, Outside magazine

The Trip-Finder, January 1998
Japan Hiking Inn-to-Inn in the Northern Alps The Route: A ten-day trek among craggy peaks, larch forests, red oaks, and yellow aspens in Chubu Sangaku National Park, ending with a pilgrimage to the top of 12,388-foot Mount Fuji, Japan’s most sacred mountain. When to go: October Difficulty: Moderate Travel advisory: Even in mountain huts, Japanese take their shoe etiquette very seriously. God forbid you should wear your hiking boots into the dining room. High/low points: Spotting the legendary four-foot-nine-inch hermit who lives in a shack near Tokugo Pass. Sleeping with 12 others in your group bunched up like sardines on the drafty floor of a hut on Mount Karasawa. Copyright 1998, Outside magazine

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