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Chubu-Sangaku NP, Nagano / Gifu
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The founder of Kita-Hotaka Hut hauled building materials up by hand, including a beam weighing about 130 kg that is still used inside. The summit-side hut took 2 years to build.
Taki-dani’s cliffs tell a volcanic story: about 1.76 million years ago, magma from the Yari–Hotaka caldera cooled underground into Taki-dani granodiorite, one of the world’s youngest granites.
At Kita-Hotaka Hut, hand-dripped coffee is served in an original white porcelain cup decorated with iwatsumekusa, a tiny alpine flower. The terrace looks across the Great Cut toward Mount Yari.
In 1909, Masao Udono crossed Kita-Hotakadake on a pioneering Hotaka-to-Yari traverse with veteran guide Kamonji. Udono’s firsthand account describes the rugged ridge and records the peak’s name.
Kamonji, a celebrated local mountain guide, described Taki-dani as a place “birds do not pass.” The phrase suits the sheer rock walls that plunge hundreds of metres down Kita-Hotakadake’s Gifu side.
Kita-Hotakadake has both a North Peak and a South Peak. The 3,106 m North Peak is the summit usually meant by the mountain’s name, and Kita-Hotaka Hut sits just below it.
