CAUTION!
The Shin-etsu Trail has limited water and toilet facilities available.
When planning your hike, please check here for the specific location of each water station/restroom.

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■ Drinking Water/Water Source

Please prepare sufficient drinking water according to the time and distance of your hike, as well as your physical fitness and the season and weather conditions in which you will be hiking.
If the water is freshwater drawn from a spring or running water in the satoyama, you will need to purify it before drinking. Also, the water may dry up during the summer.

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■ Toilet Facilities

Be sure to use the restroom before you start hiking the trail.
If you have no choice but to defecate while hiking, do so well away from trails and water sources (freshwater, etc.) and be aware of the vegetation around you. Be sure to take your paper and trash home with you.

A simple toilet for Shin-etsu Trail hikers is located near ⑧-5 in Nakako Village, Section 8. Installation period: From the beginning of Jun to the beginning of November

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■ Mobile Phone Signals

There are areas of the Shin-etsu Trail where there is no mobile phone reception
There are many areas of the Shin-etsu Trail where there is no mobile phone reception. In addition, due to weak signals or weather conditions, mobile phone calls may not be possible in some cases. We recommend that you allow plenty of time to meet up with friends, pick up and drop off accommodation, etc., and make alternative plans in case you are unable to reach your planned arrival point.
The map below shows the mobile phone signal conditions at each location collected by the Shin-etsu Trail Club’s natural environment surveys.

【Legend】
1～4 … Numbers of displayed reception
〇/× … Reference value (surveyed in 2007)
N/A … No data
– … Unexamined

You can download the mobile signal coverage overview (PDF, in Japanese) here.