Camping grounds accessible by public transport in Japanese Northern Alps
On 17 August I will be leaving for a trip to Japan. After spending a week in Tokyo, I want to go to the Japanese Alps to escape the heat.
My initial plan was to go on a hike for one and a half weeks, but since I broke my collarbone two weeks ago, carrying a heavy backpack for hours is out of the picture. My idea is to go to one or another campground and make day trips from there.
Are there any places with camping grounds you can recommend? It seems like one of the easier places to reach is Tateyama, but I'm having a hard time figuring out if there are any camping grounds nearby.
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I did some more searching myself. The campground near Murodo seems like a excellent spot for someone like me to make day trips from, thanks for the info Manmaru!
I've also found some regular campgrounds a bit more to the east around lake Aokiko and Nakatsunako, a few are visible on google maps around the two lakes here: https://www.google.nl/maps/place/Kizakikouminokuchi+Camping+Ground/@36.582418,137.8432767,13z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x5ff7d8b69c69940f:0x6473db0d5ed844f5
I will use the uud5 maps for my Garmin handheld gps, and if I look up the same place on those maps, I see many more campgrounds
There's a station nearby (Yanabasuki-Joumae) and it seems like you can get there with a direct connection from Matsumoto. Might be a nice spot to stay some days and maybe afterwards move into the direction of Murodo
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It's been a while, but I thought it might be nice to update this question. Last summer I've visited japan and found a camping ground at lake Aokiko. I've stayed at the Aokiko camping ground (http://www.aokiko.com/), also home of the "Evergreen outdoor center".
Despite the english name, the staff doesn't speak a word English, I was happy with my pre-translated paper so that I was able to point out that I wanted to stay there for a week.
The camping is very quiet, except for the times when groups of school children visit overnight. Apart from the camping ground, there are also cabins for rent.
The facilities are pretty basic, but ok. You'll have to pay to use the showers. There's a small shop where you can buy some basic stuff (not much food). There's also a device to charge your phone in, but it's all in Japanese, so I couldn't work it out.
The nearest station is the Station of Yanaba. There's also a station closer by called "Yanaba Ski Jomae Station", but as you can guess by the name, it's only in use during winter time. Yanaba doesn't have any shops, the nearest place I found to get groceries is Kitaomachi.
If you're ever in the area and have some time to spare, I would recommend going to Hakuba and taking the rope way up the mountain.
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