Hotaka-daira-koya (穂高平小屋)

Hotaka-daira-koya is a small, practical mountain hut with a tent site on the Shinhotaka side of the Northern Japanese Alps. It’s best used as an early-stage base to split approach days toward higher huts like Yari-daira-koya and Yari-gatake-sanso, and to reset before committing higher where weather and communication become more serious.