British couple in shorts, T-shirt call for rescue from Japanese mountain, say it’s too cold for them to move

British couple in shorts, T-shirt call for rescue from Japanese mountain, say it’s too cold for them to move

Once again, foreign nationals need help after taking the risks of mountain hiking too lightly. We recently discussed the story of a 27-year-old man who had to be rescued from the side of Mt. Fuji because he’d gone back alone to look for his smartphone, which he’d dropped on a different solo off-season Fuji hike he’d taken five days earlier and also needed rescue personnel to help him get home from. It was tempting to just go ahead and declare it…

UK Couple Rescued From Hokkaido Mountain in T-Shirts, Shorts - Unseen Japan

If I had 100 yen for every time someone got stranded on a mountain in Japan with inadequate climbing gear…well, I’d probably be able to afford a nice steak dinner, actually. This time, the culprits are two foreign tourists who were apparently unaware that summer clothes aren’t adequate climbing gear. Mountain madness The pair, a 30-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman, were a British couple reportedly visiting Hokkaido together. They decided to …