Rock Climbing Gyms in Japan

Jeff Fitzsimons — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:08:02 +0000

I’ve begun to gather information on rock climbing gyms in Japan and put them into Google Maps. This map is centered on Tokyo, but I’ll add gyms anywhere in Japan as I come across them.

My goal is to provide, for each gym:

Exact location, including standardized Japanese address, as well as a Western-readable address.
Hours of operation.
Prices.
Whether the gym provides roped climbing, bouldering, or both.
Images of the exterior and interior climbing walls.

View Indoor Climbing Gyms/Walls in Japan in a larger map

The map currently includes the following gyms:

Central Fitness Club Nishidai
3-7-10 Hasune Itabashi-ku, Tōkyō

Fukagawa Sport Center
1-2-18 Etchūjima Kōtō-ku, Tōkyō

Nippin Main Branch
3-11-1 Soto-kanda Chiyoda-ku, Tōkyō

Rondo Fitness Club
1-28, Sakae-chō Higashi-murayama-shi

T-Wall Kinshi-chō Branch
2-10-12 Mouri Kōtō-ku, Tōkyō

T-Wall Edogawabashi Tokyo
2-5-23 Suidō Bunkyō-ku, Tōkyō

Tama Sport Hall
5 Azuma-chō Akishima-shi, Tōkyō

Climbing Gym Runout
Tokyo Building, 2-10-19 Nishi-koigakubo Kokubunji-shi, Tōkyō

B-Pump 2 Kanagawa, Yokohama
1-8-2 Hiranuma Nishi Yokohama Kanagawa

B-Pump Tokyo
1-24-10 Kamiogi Sugunami-Ku Tōkyō

Pump 2 Kawasaki
Tama Ward, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture

Pump Ōsaka
Nishiyodogawa Ward, Ōsaka City, Ōsaka Prefecture

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NS Building B1, 3-17-11 Sanda-machi Hachioji-shi, Tōkyō

J-Wall in Kanagawa
Kanagawa

Central Fitness Club Mizunokuchi
2-10-22 Mizonokuchi, Takatsu, Kawasaki, Kanagawa

Oakland to Yosemite

Jeff Fitzsimons — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:38:42 +0000

Google Maps provides a route from the San Francisco Bay Area to Yosemite National Park which runs along 580 to Highway 120. I find this route to be intolerably populated, unattractive, and often ground to a stop due to accidents or sheer traffic volume.

On a recent drive back, when I found traffic along 580 into Tracy at nearly a standstill, I cut north through the Delta and up to Concord. The contrast between the packed 580 versus the desolate back-roads was amazing.

Earlier, when Highway 120 led into Oakdale, I found that by cutting a single street North yielded a road which was almost entirely unused, had only the occasional stop sign, and featured beautiful views of fields and smelled of grass and cows instead of exhaust fumes.

According to Google Maps estimates, the standard 580/120 route only saves around 40 minutes versus a much more leisurely, scenic, and enjoyable route along Highway 4:

The standard route (183 miles, 3:50)
Alternative route via Highway 4 (187 miles, 4:29)
120 to Stockton via Valley Home Road at Oakdale, Highway 4 to Marsh Creek Road to Walnut Creek to Highway 24 (188 miles, 4:37)

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Rock Climbing Gyms in Japan

Oakland to Yosemite