At around 1,300m, below the Taisho Crater on Mt. Maetokachi (location).
The current Tokachidake Emergency Shelter Hut was built in October 2008 by the Biei Town council after the old hut was destroyed in 2006 due to heavy spring snow. There used to be a pair of old ski lifts to the hut, but they were removed after the Mt. Tokachi eruption of 1989. This is a well-built but very basic hut, which only gives respite from the wind, not the cold. When we were there in mid-February, the interior walls were caked in hoar frost.
- Entrance to the hut in winter: In mid-winter (January/February/March), the entrance way will likely be blocked by wind-blown snow. Once you’ve shoveled that out of the way, the hut door can be opened. The door is not locked.
No booking required.
Free.
Heating: There is no stove (no heating).
Water: There is no water source.
Kitchen/cooking: No dedicated kitchen area.
Bedding: No bedding or mattresses are provided, but there is a raised wooden platform which would sleep five to ten people in a pinch.
Elecricity: No.
Toilets: No.
Cell reception: No.
No hutkeeper.
Related Maps
NOTE: For number references to official printed topographical maps, check the main route report ( Maetokachi-dake Taisho Crater and Tokachi-dake Hut ).
The vast majority of huts in Hokkaido are 100% maintained through passionate volunteer time and effort. Always leave a hut cleaner than you found it.
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