[H-JB] Jododaira and Urabandai Mountaineering

Concept

For those who want to climb the beautiful mountains of Bandai Asahi National Park. This 4-day/3-night tour includes climbing Mt Azumakofuji, Mt Issaikyo and Mt Bandai, exploring Okenuma Pond, Kamanuma Pond and Goshikinuma Pond in Jododaira and another Goshikinuma Ponds in Urabandai, one night in Azumagoya Lodge and two nights in Urabandai (hotel or cottage). A local mountaineering guide will accompany you on this climbing tour.

 

Date and time

Late May - Late October 2024

This tour has exclusion dates.

 

Tour type [H] Hiking

Hiking tours (beginner level climbing, but only experienced climbers are allowed to participate. Please wear suitable mountaineering clothing, shoes and bags).

 

 

Itinerary

Day 1

15:00 JR Inawashiro Station (meeting point)

16:00 Check-in at Azumagoya Lodge (90-year-old lodge at 1576 m altitude). After check-in, walk around the area. The Mt Azumakofuji and Okenuma Pond course is recommended.

Azumagoya Lodge is reserved for tour groups.

18:00 Dinner (set menu)

21:00 Lights out time (for energy conservation, mountain huts have a set lights out time).

 

Day 2

7:30 Breakfast (set menu)

8:30 Departure from Azumagoya Lodge.

9:00 Arrival at Jododaira Visitor Centre. Start climbing (Accompanied by a mountain guide).

10:40 Arrive at the summit of Mt Issaikyo. Goshikinuma Pond viewing. (There are two Goshikinuma in Fukushima.)

11:10 Departure from the summit.

12:10 Arrival at Kamanuma Pond. Lunch (packed lunch).

12:40 Departure from Kamanuma Pond.

14:10 Arrival at Jododaira Visitor Centre.

14:30 Arrival at Azumagoya Lodge. Coffee break.

15:00 Departure from Azumagoya Lodge.

16:15 Arrival at BLG. View of the lakeside scenery.

16:45 Departure from BLG.

17:10 Arrive at accommodation in Urabandai and check in.

18:30 Dinner (time may vary).

 

Day 3.

7:30 Breakfast (times may vary).

8:30 Departure from accommodation

9:00 Arrive at Urabandai Ski Resort trailhead and start climbing (Accompanied by a mountain guide).

9:50 Akanuma Pond

12:20 Arrive at the summit of Mt Bandai, lunch (packed lunch)

12:50 Start descent

16:00 Arrive at Happodai parking lot (end of hiking trail)

16:40 Return to accommodation

18:00 Dinner (time may vary)

 

Day 4

7:30 Breakfast (times may vary)

9:00 Check out

9:30 Goshikinuma Ponds trekking (No guide will accompany).

11:00 End of Goshikinuma Ponds trekking

12:00 Arrival at JR Inawashiro Station (place of disbandment)

*On the first day, accommodation is in a mountain lodge, in the same area as the dining hall, in a shared room for men and women (10 people) and one private room (maximum 3 people), and in an attendant's room (1 person). Toilet and shower facilities are shared. Travel agents are requested to inform and agree with their guests that they will be staying in this kind of mountain lodge, not a general hotel.

 

*Times in the itinerary are approximate and schedules are subject to change due to weather and disasters.

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This tour includes.

Accommodation (3 nights),

Dinner and breakfast during the tour, packed lunches on days 2 and 3, a cup of coffee during coffee break at Azumagoya Lodge.

Guide fees, entrance fees to tour stops and transport during the tour (not including transport to and from the meeting point).

 

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Package tour prices (wholesale prices for travel agents, tax included)

 

The price differs depending on the hotel where you stay on the second and third night. You can choose from the following three facilities.

 

Urabandai Lake Resort Hotel

From 75,000 yen/person, 2-4 people in 1 room (varies according to date).

 

Please enquire for single use rates, room upgrades and meal upgrades.

Tour conductor fee: JPY 48,400, room for tour conductor. No date variation. Meals served in buffet restaurants. Maximum of one attendant per tour.

 

 

Nature Cottage Akabeko

From JPY 74,470/person (varies according to dates).

 

Please enquire for cottage and meal upgrades.

Tour conductor fee: from JPY 54,360, accommodation in an accommodation block for an escort. Date variable. Meals on the same menu as the guest. Maximum of one attendant per tour.

 

 

EN RESORT Grandeco Hotel

From JPY 77,080/person, 2 people in 1 room (depending on dates).

 

Please enquire for single use rates, room upgrades and meal upgrades.

Tour conductor fee: JPY 56,100, room for tour conductor. No date variation. Meals are on a separate menu. If meals are on the same menu as the guest, the fee is the same as the guest and the room is single use. Maximum of one attendant per tour.

 

Excluded dates

Please enquire about exclusion dates during summer holidays, peak season during the foliage season and consecutive holidays, including Japanese holidays, as these dates may be excluded from the tour set up.

*This area is in the rainy season from late June to early July.