On Friday 26th August 2022, Matt JG1BOK a radio amateur from Japan reached the summit of Honjagamaru and activated this summit on the amateur radio bands for the Summits on the Air (“SOTA”) group.
He made 21 contacts in total working on the 2 metre VHF and the 40, 20 and 17 metres HF amateur radio bands.
The summit of Honjagamaru is 1631 metres (5351 feet) asl. It has a rating of 10 points on the SOTA group database.