雁坂小屋
1,956 m · Chichibu, Saitama · 1.3 km from the summit of Mount Karisaka-rei
Blue-roofed hut at 1,955m in the Okuchichibu mountains, about ten minutes down the Saitama side from Karisaka Pass (2,082m), where the old Chichibu-Okan road crosses the main ridge traverse and which ranks with Harinoki and Sanpuku among Japan's three great passes. From Saitama you take a bus to Kawamata via Seibu-Chichibu and Mitsumineguchi and climb the Tsukidashi Pass route; from Yamanashi you come up from Michi-no-Eki Mitomi or Shinjidaira over Karisaka or Kari Pass. The building was rebuilt in 1967 as the mountaineering-event lodging for the 22nd Saitama National Sports Festival. Stays are room-only for 24 people, by reservation; of the three-tier bunks either side of the aisle, the bottom tier has curtains that turn it into something like a private cubicle. Water is piped a kilometre from the Mamayaki stream and has passed health-authority testing — passing hikers may use it for a donation of 100 yen or more. The campsite takes 30 tents and needs no booking. The keeper is mostly present at weekends, and the earth-floored part of the sleeping building stays open even when nobody is in: an old-fashioned, quiet mountain hut.
2026: open April 29–November 23 · reservation required · sleeps 24
Website: karisakakoya.blogspot.com ／ Phone 0494-55-0456
Prices (2026)
- Room only, no meals (Bedding included, adult)
- ¥6,000
- Tent camping (1 person)
- ¥1,500
雁坂小屋 weather (hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:08, sunset 16:49
| Tue, 11/3 | Wed, 11/4 | Thu, 11/5 | Fri, 11/6 | Sat, 11/7 | Sun, 11/8 | Mon, 11/9 | Tue, 11/10 | Wed, 11/11 | Thu, 11/12 | Fri, 11/13 | Sat, 11/14 | Sun, 11/15 | Mon, 11/16 | Tue, 11/17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan time | 15 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | |
  |   | | | | |   | |   | | | | | | | | |   | |   | | |   |  | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |   | | |   | | | | | | |   | |   |   | | |   | |   |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |   | ||
| Temperature | °C | 4° | 2° | 2° | 2° | 2° | 2° | 2° | 1° | 1° | 3° | 6° | 6° | 5° | 3° | 3° | 3° | 3° | 4° | 7° | 12° | 8° | 6° | 4° | 4° | 4° | 4° | 9° | 12° | 11° | 4° | 1° | -1° | -3° | -3° | 3° | 4° | 4° | -3° | -4° | -3° | -3° | -3° | 3° | 6° | 4° | -1° | 0° | 0° | 0° | 0° | 3° | 2° | -2° | -3° | -2° | 2° | -1° | -5° | -2° | -1° | -7° | -4° | 1° | 3° | -2° | -5° | 2° | 3° | -4° | -4° | 3° | 4° | -2° | -2° | 4° | 4° | 4° | 3° | 9° | 9° | -2° | 0° | 1° | 2° |
| Precipitation | mm | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 6 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 11 | 13 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New snow | cm | 0.6 | 3.8 | 1.3 | <.1 | <.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Snow depth | cm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | <1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wind | m/s | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Wind gusts | m/s | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Wind dir. | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | |
Facilities and rooms
- Open
- 2026: open April 29–November 23
- Winter
- Part of the hut is open as an emergency shelter in winter
- Rooms
- dormitory
- Bedding
- provided
- Water
- Water source between caretaker's hut and lodging hut (piped 1km from Mameyakizawa; water tested by public health center). Unavailable during winter closure; passing hikers pay at least ¥100 per person
- Toilet
- Between the hut and campsite. No toilet paper provided; passing visitors: at least ¥100 per person
- Heating
- Wood stove (unavailable when caretaker is absent)
- Charging
- Smartphone charging available at caretaker's hut
- Self-catering
- Portable cartridge gas stoves and pots available for paid rental
- Shop
- Beer, cola, sake, shochu, ready-to-heat food, canned food, ready-to-heat rice, bread, cup noodles, gas cartridges, toilet paper, hand warmers, menstrual products, original tenugui towels and badges
- Location
- 35.892370, 138.793856
Mountains near 雁坂小屋
Huts, campsites and lodging near 雁坂小屋
Mountain huts
Campsites
- 笠取小屋 テント場
- 笛吹小屋キャンプ場
- 7inchCAMP ミチノエキ・ミトミ DOGBASE