Mount Moiwa
A Ropeway and Mini Cable Car to Sapporo's Night View at 531 m
A 531 m forested hill on the south-west edge of Sapporo, reached by a ropeway and then the small ...
Mount Tarumae
Fifty Minutes From the Car Park to the Rim of a Steaming Lava Dome
An active volcano south of Lake Shikotsu whose 1909 lava dome sits in the summit crater like a gi...
Mount Tokachi
Mount Tokachi: An Active 2,077 m Volcano Above Biei and Furano
A 2,077 m active volcano at the south end of the Tokachi range, climbed from the Bogakudai car pa...
Mount Usu and Showa-shinzan
A Volcano That Grew From a Wheat Field, and One That Erupted in 2000
Mount Usu, the active volcano on the south shore of Lake Toya, and Showa-shinzan, the lava dome a...
Mount Yotei
Ezo Fuji: Four Trails, No Water and a 10-Hour Day to the Crater
A 1,898 m volcano with a near-perfect cone, called Ezo Fuji, that rises alone above Niseko and Ku...