West Trailhead of Mount Yufu — Attraction in Yufu

What a beautiful trail. A huge variety of landscapes. This route starts from Yufuin itself (1.5 km away from train station, let's say). I had read before going that it's a problematic trail and not so well marked. To be honest I only had problems to find the way in one section, I will clarify to help you: after maybe half an hour or one hour depending on your rythm you will reach a forest considerably darker than the previous way you walked. You will recognize it because it is completely plain. After crossing this forest suddenly a landscape like Ireland's hills appears. At this point you have to turn left (at the end of the forest) and watch carefully for a signal (do not follow the concrete way as it leads to a dead end). The signal you are looking for is at your North West after forest's exit. The trail to the signal is not marked, however once you spot and reach it, the way becomes clearer and clearer. A good idea here is to just follow a pipe on the ground you will see some meters after the signal. Afterwards, both of Yufu peaks can be seen, so it's relatively easy to follow the way until the joining with main trail. Hope this helps you and...

Excellent climb in mid October. Fantastic views from the top. Gorgeous scenery along the way. We started at the west trailhead and followed the trail to where it meets the main trail, then followed this to the top. We only did the East Peak as the West peak is trickier to reach and requires climbing up rock face using chains. Its quite an easy climb, i think anyone with average fitness levels will not have any problems. It took us 5 hours to the top and back with some breaks included.

Despite some previous reviews saying the trail is difficult to follow or overgrown, we found the trail very easy to follow and it seems well maintained. I think with minimal planning prior to climbing you will not have any issues. There are lots of signposts along the way.

We downloaded the Yamap app and used it to follow the trail (search for 'Mt. Yufudake (East Peak)'). Many people mentioning about not knowing where to go after coming out of the forest. I have attached photos which show the route. Lots of signs...

Today I hiked up Mt Yufu starting from the main trailhead and tried to exit via the west trailhead as i saw many good things about it on google review But i could not find a decent road at all and got lost so many times that i had to head back to the original route to exit via the main trailhead There is a forest that is particularly difficult to navigate -- so many fallen trees after typhoon with no signs/ ribbons on tree for navigation, all i could see is fallen trees everywhere blocking the road After exiting the forest there came another challenge. The road signs pointed me to roads that are not even roads. So many tall grass blocking the way and leading to nowhere. I know it may be a good trail previously, but from my experience today, taking this route down is ridiculous and dangerous. I strongly advise against exiting through...