Mount Yoko

What it is

• A 2,830-meter peak located within the Yatsugatake-Chushin Kogen Quasi-National Park.
• The second highest mountain in the Southern Yatsugatake range.
• A summit also known as Okunoin consisting of several small jagged ridges.
• A destination for rock and ice climbing at the Daidoshin and Kodoshin sites.

What to see

• Jagged mountain ridges frequently subject to dense fog and strong winds.
• The Somazoe Ridge trail which approaches the peak from the Saku side.
• A longitudinal trail connecting the summit to Mount Aka and Mount Io.
• The Io-dake Sanso mountain hut located north of the summit.
• The Akadake Tenbosho hut situated to the south of the peak.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.