On Saturday 2nd July 2022 Kaz 7N1FRE/1 a radio amateur from Japan reached the summit of Sanbonyaridake and activated this summit on the amateur radio bands for the Summits on the Air (“SOTA”) group.
He made 46 contacts in total working on the 40 metre HF amateur radio band.
The summit of Sanbonyaridake is 1917 metres (6289 feet) asl. It has a rating of 10 points on the SOTA groups database.