Mission of Edge2 Summits
Why are people fascinated by mountains?
We want to create a mountain trip with you to find the answer to that question.
That is what Edge2 Summit wants to be.
Summits with us
Since ancient times, mountains have brought blessings to people, inspired feelings of awe, become sacred places of faith and training, and at times been revered as places where gods reside, and have continued to serve as a source of spiritual support for people.
& Your Life
Whether standing on the summit, walking on the street, or looking out at it from the sea…
Mountains have always serve as landmarks for travelers, showing your location, direction, and the path they should take.
Trekking Guide Tour by Edge2 Summits
The mountain journey offered by Edge2 Summit consists of three layers.
1. First layer is strict safety management. Ensuring safety during Trekking is the most important foundation of a guided mountain tour. It is the element of “peace of mind and safety”.
2. Second layer is the element of “fun”, which allows you to experience the joy of nature trekking. You will enjoy the beautiful mountains, forests, and magnificent nature.
3. Third layer is the element of “discovery”, which goes beyond just safe and fun of trekking, and allows you to reflect on your life from the mountain trip and find the way of your own life.
Edge2 Summits will create such a trekking journey together with you.
1. Safety Management
Edge2 Summit mountain guides, who are certified as Stage 2 Trekking Guides by the Japan Mountain Guides Association (JMGA) and UIMLA International Mountain Leader hiking and trekking guides, will accompany you on your mountain trips under strict safety management.
2. Enjoying Nature
Mountain trekking is a place where you can experience the beauty of mountains and the grandeur of nature. Even in today’s urbanized and modernized world, we still live in the midst of nature. From the flower-filled mountains of spring to the silvery white snow-capped mountains, you can experience the joys of mountains, history, the importance of nature, and their beauty throughout the four seasons.
3. Live in own life
Edge2 Summit’s mountain guides are not only professional trekking guides, but also hold international certifications as professional career and life coaches, and have over 1,000 hours of coaching experience. One of our main goals is to help you find the key to living a vibrant life through mountain trips.
Service Menu
Popular Summits tour for visitor hikers in near Tokyo area.
Mt Fuji
Mount Fuji is one of Japan’s Holy Mountains and iconic summit in Japan. From the Beauty of its shape, it is a Special Place of Sightseeing and one of Japan’s Historic Sites. It was added to the World Heritage List as a Cultural Site in 2013. According to UNESCO, Mount Fuji has “inspired artists and poets and been the object of pilgrimage for centuries”.
Mt Oyama
Mount Oyama has long been regarded as a holy mountain and object of worship. At the top of the mountain is the head office of the Oyama-Afuri Shrine. Oyama was very popular in Edo era and 1/5 population of Edo (ex. Tokyo) visited in a year. Afuri refers to the high amount of rain and clouds then farmers pray at Oyama-Afuri Shrine, as god of rain.
Mt Kintoki
Mount Kintoki, is the northernmost peak of the Hakone caldera, on the border of Kanagawa and Shizuoka prefectures, in the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park in Japan. Ashigara is not a remnant of the collapse of the old Hakone volcano itself, but rather a parasitic cone growing from its flank. Mount Ashigara is the legendary birthplace of Kintaro.
Guide introduction
TREkKing guide, career coach, life coach
Toru Kawauchi
Frequently Asked Questions
Questions and inquiries
Trekking in unfamiliar environments may give you an unnecessary stress for visiter hikers. JMGA and UIMLA qualified guide in Edge2 Summits encourages to all those hikers visiting Japan with breathtaking scenary and lifelong unforgetable experience.
Any questions and inquiries, please send in the following form.