or sometimes Mount Horoshiri is located in the Hidaka Mountains

Hidaka Mountains

Hidaka Mountains is a mountain range in southeastern Hokkaidō, Japan. It runs 150 km from Mount Sahoro or Karikachi Pass in central Hokkaidō south, running into the sea at Cape Erimo. It consists of folded mountains that range from 1500 to 2000 metres in height. Mount Poroshiri is the highest...

, Hokkaidō

Hokkaido

, formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan's second largest island; it is also the largest and northernmost of Japan's 47 prefectural-level subdivisions. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaido from Honshu, although the two islands are connected by the underwater railway Seikan Tunnel...

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Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. It is the highest mountain in the Hidaka range, and is one of the 100 famous mountains in Japan.

Nukabira course

The course is a two-day course.

On the first day, drive 35 km from to the . From the gate it is a 5 km (2 hours) hike to the on the . From the dam it is another 4 km (3 hours) to the . The cottage is maintained by the Biratori Alpine Club and sits 950 m above sea level.

For the second day, the route climbs 1.5 km (2 hours) from the mountain cottage to　the . The route continues another 2.5 km (2 hours) along the field of alpine flowers past the to the summit. The route then turns north and runs 3 km (2 hours) along the to the summit of Mount Tottabetsu

Mount Tottabetsu

is located in the Hidaka Mountains, Hokkaidō, Japan.-References:* * * Shyun Umezawa, Yasuhiko Sugawara, and Jun Nakagawa, Hokkaidō Natsuyama Gaido 4: Hidaka Sanmyaku no Yamayama , Sapporo, Hokkaidō Shimbunshya, 1991. ISBN 4-89363-605-7...

(1959m). From there it is a 1 km (30 minute) walk to Mount Naka Tottabetsu. The route then descends 3 km (2 hours) to the Mount Poroshiri Mountain Cottage.

Niikappu River course

The Niikappu River course starts at . From there the trail proceeds to , which forms Lake Poroshiri. From the dam the trail goes to a survey cabin along the Poroshiri River and then onto the mountain ridge before ascending to the summit.