rota nepalesa no auge de seus 75 anos de idade.Enfim, o Japao e uma terra de contrastes e de muita tradicao e no montanhismo e exemplo a ser seguido, de uniao, perseveranca, respeito pela montanha e luta constante para superar limites. Referencias:Wikipedia, Alta Montanha ___________________________________________________________________________ Culture Mountain Nippon - The East to the SunsetJapan and Brazil have an intrinsic bond that began the June 18, 1908 when the ship Kasato Maru, carrying 165 Japanese families, arrived in Santos. Since then much has changed, the two cultures habits were daily being respected and incorporated into the routine. Currently there are many Nikkei, Japanese Blood and Heart of Brazilians, who form the largest Japanese community outside. This immigration brought cultural knowledge that only added to the already known creativity of Brazilians, strongly influencing the cuisine, culture, sports, religion and awareness that we can develop much better when we help each other.The Mountaineering in Japan Japan's symbol is the beautiful Mount Fuji (3.776m), near Tokyo. A country that has one of the most beautiful mountains in the world as a national symbol could not ignore the mountain and the Nipponese presence in the Himalayas has always been outstanding and remarkable. With an incredible amount of practitioners, Japan has several mountaineering clubs (Hokei, Sendai, Hosei, Showa, Nerima, Sapporo, Tokyo). It is quite common cooperation between two or more alpine clubs to organize large expeditions. The most famous and prominent of all is the Japanese Alpine Club (JAC), which completed its first centenary in 2005, and remains strong and firm as a world reference. Another striking feature is the active participation of universities in expeditions, many of which sponsoring adventures to the great Himalayan peaks. stand out as the most active, Tokyo universities the, Nagoya, Kyoto, Nihon, Doshisha, Osaka and Shinshu.The Japanese in the Himalayas The first important expedition, under the leadership of Kinji Imanishi, occurred in 1952, being held recognition of the Manaslu area (8.163m), attempted esclar difficult Annapurna IV (7.525m) and an achievement of Chulu West (6.419m). Photos of Manaslu published in various newspapers and periodicals fascinated the Japanese, who returned in the same year of recognition, 1954 and 1955. In 1956 the expedition Yuko Mari finally won the "Mountain of Spirits," Toshio Imanishi, Kiichiro Kato and Minoru turned Higeta national heroes. The mountain came to be called "The Peak 8,000 Japanese." Driven by great success in Manaslu, until the end of the 50 multiple pioneering expeditions were created Himalchuli East (7.893m), Langpo Gang (6.979m), Phurbi Chhyachu (6.637m), Kanjiroba South (6.883m), Himalchuli Northeast (7.742m), Dhaulagiri II (7.751m), Gaurishankar (7.135m), Pangbuk Ri (6.625m), Langtang Lirung (7.227m) and Shalbachum (6.707m). The amount of difficult and dangerous peaks conquered by Japanese climbers in the 60s is impressive: Noshaq (7.492m) and Himalchuli (7.893m) in 1960; Saltoro Kangri (7.742m) in 1962; Annapurna Dakshin (7.219m), Glacier Dome (7.255m) and Gyachung Kang (7.922m) in 1964; Ngojumba Kang (7.839m) in 1965. Increasing lists several other hills of lower altitude. Mount Manaslu had been conquered three consecutive times by Nipponese expeditions (1971, 1974 and 1976). Encouraged by the incredible achievement of Manaslu, the mountaineers