My friend Ido* and I kicked off my recent (Autumn 2021) hiking trip to Hokkaido with an ascent of Mt. Tarumae–a 1,041-meter active stratovolcano not far from Tomakomai in southern Hokkaido.
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Tarumaesan
Susan Spann, Adventure, Mystery, and Mountains
Author of the Hiro Hattori (Shinobi) mysteries