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Climbing Gyms
Gekko, Kosugi – afternoon and evening hours
Cost: ¥1500 on weekdays, ¥2000 on weekends. No rental shoes available. Homemade gym, but very cool. You can get a yearly membership for ¥40,000.
Directions: From the north side of Kosugi Station, head right on 44 (towards Toyama). Look for the Tanaka store sign in English (it’s orange) and turn left immediately after. Go past the women’s college on your left, and Gekko is in a huge warehouse-like building also on the left. If you hit Route 8, you have gone too far. Can also be reached by bus from Toyama Station.
Sakura-ga-ike Climbing Center, Johana - open Sat/Sun (0763 62 1212)
Cost: ¥100 an hour. Shoe rental is ¥300 yen. Cheap!! Indoor bouldering room (with heat and air conditioning!) and indoor and outdoor lead walls. Please bring your own rope if you wish to lead.
Directions: Take 156 South out of Takaoka until it splits in Inami. Go right at the split past the large wooden sculpture and follow the road signs to Johana. Get on Route 304 and look for the signs that lead to Sakura-ga-ike Kuagarden (a huge spa). The climbing gym is right next to the spa. Do visit the onigiri shop by the spa as well when you leave. Yum! If you take the JR to Johana, you are about 15 minutes away from the gym via a taxi.