In 1995 – Sumie Tanaka (田中澄江 Tanaka Sumie) completed New Flowers of the 100 Mountains, which featured many of the Alpine plant(Trollius japonicus シナノキンバイ and others) on Mount Kasa.[10]
Mountaineering
Main ascent routes
There are three climbing routes to the top of the mountain.[11][12]
Kasa-shin-dō
Shin-Hotaka Onsen(新穂高温泉) – Mount Nukedo – Kasa Mountain Cottage – Mount Kasa
Valley Kuriya
Nakao-Kōgen-guchi(中尾高原口) – Valley Kuriya – Mount Kasa
Traverses Route of Northern Japanese Alps(Hida Mountains) from north side
Mount Sugoroku – Mount Yumiori – Mount Nukedo – Kasa Mountain Cottage – Mount Kasa
Mountain hut
Thera are several Mountain hut around Mount Kasa.[12]
Around Shin-Hotaka-Onsen, there are many hot spring (Onsen) to take the tiredness and to relax.
Kasa Mountain Cottage (笠ヶ岳山荘) – near the top (with Campsite)
Wasabi-Daira Hut (ワサビ平小屋) – near the entrance of Kasa-shin-dō
Kagami-Daira Mountain Cottage (鏡平山荘) – near the Pond Kagami(鏡池)
Sugoroku Hut (双六小屋) – between Mount Sugoroku and Mount Momisawa (with Campsite)
Mount Kasa is on the subridge (from Mount Sugoroku) of the main ridge line in the southern part of the Hida Mountains.[11] There are Mount Shakujō and Mount Ōkibanotsuji on the southern ridge.
^Mountaineeraing and exploration in Japanese alps, (in 1896 by Walter Weston) (new ed.). translated into Japanese (日本アルプスの登山と探検), Iwanami Shoten. 2005. ISBN4-00-334741-2.