Last Updated: Feb 22, 2023

Ibaraki’s Mt. Tsukuba

The Best Day Hike from Tokyo

Dear reader, allow me to begin this one with an intriguing folktale. According to this legend, back in the early mists of time, a deity descended from the heavens. Seeking a place to spend the night, this divine being beseeched two mountains. The first of these peaks was none other than Mt. Fuji…