Osaka ¨C Of the 42 million tourists who visited Japan in 2025, many relied on an excess of short-form online videos for travel inspiration, tips and guides. Be it Instagram reels aggregating the best of Japan has to offer or TikTok clips promising ¡°hidden gems¡± and ¡°the real Japan,¡± the online content creation scene centered on optimizing visits to Japan has become its own cottage industry.
But for visitors interested in hiking some of Japan¡¯s 12,000 peaks or trekking its 27,000-plus kilometers worth of trails, one of the most useful resources isn¡¯t a highly produced reel ¡ª it¡¯s a website known as .
The site contains detailed, step-by-step guides to Japan¡¯s hyakumeizan (the country¡¯s 100 most famous peaks) and hundreds more, making it one of the country¡¯s most comprehensive ¡ª not to mention free ¡ª English-language hiking resources.
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