Mt. Sanbon-yaridake (三本槍岳(さんぼんやりだけ)) is a mountain with 1917 m high and places at the boarder of Fukushima and Tochigi Prefectures.



The blue sky welcomed us and it was a very nice trekking day with beautiful trail between mountains.

Walking on the trail with Mt. Chausu-dake (茶臼岳) on our left. Mt. Chausu-dake can be more easily accessed by the Nasu ropeway and walking less than one hour.(see the trail map here)

Nasu ropeway

Nasudake, Nasucho Yumoto, Nasu-gun, Tochigi prefecture, 325-0301, Japan
Nasu ropeway

We passed through the col called Mineno-chaya where is famous for the strong wind. It is always so, the wind around here is very strong and cold. You need to prepare your wear protection against cold.


 After approximately two hours of hiking, we reached to the top of Mt. Sanbon-yaridake.



We dropped by Mt. Asahidake.

 

After 9:00 am, a number of hikers increased, so it's better to start at early morning.

Around Mt. Chausudake, you can hear the sound very similar to the jet airplane flying just over you. It's a kind of small explosion sound, because Mt. Chausudake is a volcanic mountain.










Kakinotane(柿の種)is a common Japanese snack. It tastes like a senbei (soy source flavored rice crisps), but more small. It is said that the figure is like a seed of a fruits. There are some products with different tast and the most common one is with peanuts. 
 



 


"Guinomi"(ぐい呑) or "Ochoko"(おちょこ) is a generic term for the flask and cups used to serve Japanese sake. Ochoko in the shape of Mt. Fuji is good for a souvenir from Japan.

杯 招福杯 おちょこ 富士山 日本製 金透き 65ml





Mt. Karamats (唐松岳)
Mt. Karamatsu (Karamatsu-dake in Japanese) is in the Japanese Alps, and 2,696m high at its peak located in Nagano Prefecture. You can access to the mountain via Happo-one snow resort, which is one of the famous snow resort in Hakuba village.


https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%94%90%E6%9D%BE%E5%B2%B3

Hakuba Happo-one
Hakuba Alpine Resort

Hiking information
http://www.yamakei-online.com/yk_map/?latlon=36.69142661176844,137.78474669603756&zoom=14 

Trail is still covered by a few meters of snow, so you certainly need to prepare the trekking gears for winter season such as axes and climbing irons. Climbing is started from the top of the Hakuba Happo-one snow resort. At this time, we didn't reach to the top of Mt. Karamatsu, because of the time shortage.