Bangaku-so
萬岳荘
1,591 m · Achi, Nagano · 2.8 km from the summit of Mount Yokokawa
A mountain lodge on Fujimidai Highland near the border of Achi, Nagano, and Nakatsugawa, Gifu. It can be reached by forest road from the Nakatsugawa side or in about one hour on foot from the Heavens Sonohara viewpoint; Fujimidai summit is another 30–40 minutes. It is a base for Mount Ena hikes, stars and cloud seas, with a reservable winter shelter room.
2026: open all year · reservation required · sleeps 24
Book: bangakusou.wixsite.com ／ Website: bangakusou.wixsite.com ／ Phone 070-2667-6618
Prices (2026)
- Hut stay (adult)
- ¥5,000
- Hut stay (age 3 through junior high school)
- ¥4,000
- Tent/car overnight stay (adult)
- ¥2,000
- Tent/car overnight stay (age 3 through junior high school)
- ¥1,000
- Winter shelter room (adult)
- ¥5,000
- Winter shelter room (age 3 through junior high school)
- ¥4,000
Bangaku-so weather (hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:12, sunset 16:54
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| Precipitation | mm | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 7 | 10 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 24 | 16 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Wind gusts | m/s | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
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Facilities and rooms
- Winter
- Part of the hut is open as an emergency shelter in winter
- Rooms
- dormitory, private rooms
- Bedding
- rental available
- Water
- Running water in the green season; water supply shut off in winter, so carry in water or melt and boil snow
- Toilet
- Flush toilets in the green season; unavailable in winter
- Heating
- Stove available; winter heating fee ¥1,000 per person
- Charging
- 16:00–21:00, ¥100 per hour
- Shower
- 16:00–18:00, ¥100 per use
- Self-catering
- Cooking room/building, cookware and tableware available. Gas: ¥300 per person
- Parking
- Vehicle access via forest road in the green season; forest road closed in winter
- Location
- 35.476477, 137.633666
Mountains near Bangaku-so
Huts, campsites and lodging near Bangaku-so
Mountain huts
Campsites
- せいなの森キャンプ場
- 弓の又キャンプ場
Lodging
- Heavens Sonohara
- Gessen