Mt.TEST Day Hike
If you ask serious hikers in Japan to name the one mountain that separates casual trekkers from true alpinists, there's a good chance they'll say Hotaka-dake. Rising to 3,190 meters in the Hida Mountains — better known as the Northern Japan Alps — Hotaka isn't actually a single peak but a jagged massif of five summits that together form one of the most dramatic skylines in the country.
