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We will conduct a verification test on natural park ecosystems using My Number Card for climbers in the Northern Alps and Yatsugatake area.

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Digital Agency will carry out verification test using My Number Card for climbers in the Northern Alps and Yatsugatake area in cooperation with four parties, ADDIX Co., Ltd., Northern Alps Hut Friendship Association, Hakuba Village Promotion Public Corporation and Yatsugatake Tourist Association.

Outline and Purpose of verification test

This verification test is an initiative to verify the possibility of using My Number Card in mountain areas, with the aim of verifying identity verification, digital certification, and new value creation for climbers.
In mountain areas, there are various DX possibilities, such as digital information management of climbers, improvement of manners knowledge, construction of a new fund-raising system in which volunteers can bear the cost of conservation, and understanding of climbers' personal information, climbing plans, and activity history starting from the trailhead and mountain huts, and development of a shared environment.

Period of Implementation

From Monday, October 6, 2025 to the end of February 2026

Location

  • Northern Alps Area (Chubu Sangaku National Park): 9
  • Yatsugatake Area (Yatsugatake-Chushin Kogen Quasi-National Park): 14
    *The number of participating huts varies depending on the season.

Issues faced by mountainous regions

  • Capacity to accept an increasing number of climbers and environmental impact (issues for appropriate use)

    • An increase in the number of disastrous and fatal accidents due to an increase in the number of climbers who lack climbing and maintenance skills, knowledge, and manners
    • Concentration of popularity in specific national parks and quasi-national parks (excess parking capacity, etc.)

  • Increase in the operating cost of mountain huts, shortage of personnel (preservation of tourism resources, rescue costs at the time of disaster, etc.)

    • Current situation in which mountain huts bear the cost of repairing mountain trails and rescuing victims
      *National and local government subsidies will be used, but limited
    • Increase in costs such as procurement materials and transportation costs due to shortage of manpower and high commodity prices

  • Timely acquisition of climber information and initial response to distress / accident

    • The current situation is that the submission rate of climbing plans (climbing notification) used to grasp climber information is low, and the submission method and data format / format are not unified
    • In some cases, the first rescue action is delayed due to a lack of information such as climbing plans and location information.

Items to be verified

With regard to the various issues faced by mountain regions, the government will evaluate and verify the effects and issues by conducting verification test using My Number Card by setting the verification items as described below.

  • Usefulness of mountaineer information infrastructure (submission of written pledges, cooperation in donations and fund-raising, mountain climbing plans, check-in at mountain huts, etc.)
  • Usefulness of non-face-to-face collection models such as fundraising and donations
  • Potential for multi-pricing migration

Presentation at the site

On October 6, 2025, we held a press conference on the use of My Number Card for mountain climbers in Chino-shi, Nagano.

(From left to right, Mayor Atsushi Imai of Chino-shi, Coordinator for Planning, Toriyama, Group of Service for Citizens, Digital Agency, Takeki Yatsugatake Tourism Association and Representative of Kuroyuri Hutte Yonekawa, Daisuke Hokari of Northern Alps Cabin Friendship Association and Mr. Yarigatake Sanso Group, Akira Kumagai, Regional Revitalization Policy Director of Chino-shi, Vice Chairman of Yatsugatake Tourism Association and Representative of Karasawa Mineral Hot Spring Ryokaku Iwao)
Outside the Chino City Hall in Nagano prefecture, with mountains and a blue sky in the background, from left to right, Mayor Atsushi Imai of Chino-shi, Coordinator for Planning of Toriyama, Group of Service for Citizens, Digital Agency, Takeki Yonekawa, representative of Yatsugatake Tourist Association and Kuroyuri Hutte, Daisuke Hokari, representative of Northern Alps Lodge Friendship Association and Mr. Yarigatake Sanso Group, Akira Kumagai, Regional Revitalization Policy Director of Chino-shi, and Iwao Morozumi, vice president of Yatsugatake Tourist Association and representative of Karasawa Mineral Hot Spring, cross their arms and shake hands next to each other.

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