Yakushi-sawa-goya is a classic deep-valley stage hut in the Northern Japanese Alps, set at the dramatic confluence of the Kurobe headwaters and Yakushi-sawa. It’s best understood as strategic infrastructure: a key overnight node linking major interior hubs such as Taro-daira-goya and Kumono-daira-sanso, used by traverse parties moving through one of Japan’s most committing backcountry corridors.

The Kurobe-goro-koya (黒部五郎小舎) is a classic high-alpine stage hut in the heart of the Northern Japanese Alps, positioned in the saddle area between Mt. Kurobegorō-dake and Mitsumata Renge-dake. It’s part of the Sugoroku Hut Group network and is best understood as strategic infrastructure for serious multi-day traverses through the Kurobe headwaters—remote terrain where distances are long and weather exposure is constant.

Kumono-daira-sanso (雲ノ平山荘) is one of the most iconic huts in the Northern Japanese Alps, sitting on the remote volcanic plateau of Kumonodaira—often described as a “garden in the sky.” It’s a true deep-alps hub: hikers come here not for a quick overnight, but to link serious multi-day traverses through the Kurobe headwaters / Ura-Ginza backcountry.