Hi all,
I'll be in Japan from this Sunday for a 2 weeks holiday.
We're planning to go either backcountry skiing or snowshoeing over two days... I guess either we'll hire a guide and go skiing, or we'll go snowshoeing and camp somewhere.
As all of us are French, and only one of my friend ever been to Japan, I have a few questions regarding how mountaineering "works" in Japan...

1/ Anyone got an idea where we can find rental beacons?
I read in on this forum that evergreen can provide some, but would they rent them if we don't hire a guide as well?

2/ Is there any specific regulation regarding in-the-wild camping?
I imagine that, as everywhere else, one is not allowed to dump, or to dig the ground and so on... which I deeply agree with... Is there any other thing to know?

3/ Where can I find accurate, local, and english weather forecast?

4/ Do you have any guiding company to "advertise" or to avoid?

I havn't said anything about where we wanted to go, because we havn't decided yet... and that will also depend on the weahter. I do welcome opinions on this as well!

Regards,

Francois

Heres a start.

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/services/canyons.html

If you want rent gear/beacon I would call this place and Evergreen directly.

Thanks, I actually saw one of Canyons' outing pictures a few days ago. It did look nice, I never understood they were a company though...

Francois, were u able to rent gear & did u end up doing this trip?