About Yumiko Hiraki Yumiko Hiraki was born in Osaka, Japan, and moved to Canada in 1988. She worked as a mountain guide and had the great luck to meet Junko on various hiking and ski trips in the Canadian Rockies. She lives in Banff, Alberta. Books by Yumiko Hiraki Honouring High Places The Mountain Life of Junko Tabei by (author) Junko Tabei & Helen Rolfe translated by Yumiko Hiraki & Rieko Holtved
