During the Golden Week holidays in Nagano and Gunma prefectures, there were a series of distresses while climbing, and on the 4th, five people died and one is still missing.
Police warn you to check the snow conditions and weather before climbing a mountain.
At Yarigatake in the Northern Alps, which straddles Nagano and Gifu prefectures, Takaaki Taguchi (28), an office worker in Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture, and Hideaki Nishio (37), an office worker in Toki City, Gifu Prefecture, were climbing together on the 3rd. ), Hiroyuki Ninomiya (49), a temporary employee in Ichinomiya City, Gifu Prefecture, was in distress.
The three were found between the 3rd and 4th, after which all were confirmed dead.
According to a man working in a mountain lodge near the summit of Mt. Yari, "The day before yesterday was in a snowstorm-like situation, and the visibility was only about 20 to 30 meters."
The police are investigating the detailed situation, assuming that after Mr. Ninomiya slipped down, the remaining two people were also stuck and were in distress based on the situation when they were discovered.
Also, at Tanigawadake in Minakami Town, Gunma Prefecture, we have been unable to contact two men and women who went mountain climbing from the 2nd of this month.
As a result of a search by police and others, Kenji Konagai (43), a police officer of the Metropolitan Police Department living in Itabashi Ward, Tokyo, was found dead about 250 meters below the mountain trail on the morning of the 4th.
A 52-year-old woman, also a police officer of the Metropolitan Police Department, who was climbing with her, has not been found, and police will continue to search for it on the 5th.
In Gunma prefecture, an 82-year-old man from Yokohama City died on the mountain trail in Katashina Village on the 4th.
Police warn you to check the snow conditions and weather before climbing a mountain.