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ROCKY Climbing & Fitness Gym Tsukuba-Ami grades, explained

ロッキー つくば阿見店

ROCKY Tsukuba-Ami is in Hongo, Ami town (Inashiki District, Ibaraki), about 15 minutes' walk from Arakawaoki Station on the JR Joban Line. Climbers park free in the Pier City Arakawa Hongo car park.

Gym websiteDirectionsDay pass ¥2,000 · hours and prices below

Bouldering grades

Problems are marked with coloured tape, one colour per Japanese kyu/dan grade, from yellow (10–9級) to black (3段 and up). The colour key below is from a climber's 2017 blog; the gym does not publish it online. Font equivalents use the kyu/Font table on Japanese Wikipedia, not the gym's own conversion.

LevelFont≈ V-scale
黄 Yellow (9〜10級)Below the conversion table (8級 = 1+–2); hands and feet free1–1+VB−
ピンク Pink (8級)Feet free. V: VB-1+–2VB−–VB
茶 Brown (7級)Feet restricted to taped holds from here. V: VB to VB+2+–3VB–VB+
白 White (6級)V: V0- to V03+–4VB+–V0+
赤 Red (5級)V: V0+ to V14+–5V0–V3
オレンジ Orange (4級)V: V2 (V3 falls between 4級 and 3級)5+–6AV2–V3
紫 Purple (3級)V: about V3 to V46A+–6BV3–V4
緑 Green (2級)V: about V4 to V56B+–6CV4–V5
若草 Yellow-green (1級)V: V6 (V5 falls between 2級 and 1級)6C+–7AV5–V6
紺 Navy (初段)V: V77A+–7BV7–V8
水 Light blue (二段)V: V9 (V8 falls between 初段 and 二段)7B+–7CV8–V9
黒 Black (三段〜)Open-ended. V: V10 to V11≥ 7C+≥ V10

ROCKY Climbing & Fitness Gym's gyms appear to share this grading, though ROCKY Climbing & Fitness Gym doesn't say so outright. All ROCKY Climbing & Fitness Gym gyms and grades

From climbers' descriptions and photos of the gym's grade boards. Gyms reset and regrade often, and grades vary between setters, so treat this as a guide and check the boards when you visit.

Visiting ROCKY Climbing & Fitness Gym Tsukuba-Ami

Address
3-1-1 Hongo, Ami-machi, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki 300-1159〒300-1159 茨城県稲敷郡阿見町本郷3-1-1Google MapsApple MapsOpenStreetMap
Booking
Walk in: no booking neededOfficial: no booking needed; tell the desk it is your first time.
Prices
Day pass · adultWeekday¥2,000
Day pass · adultweekends and holidays¥2,200
Day pass · studentWeekday; university, vocational, high school and junior high students¥1,500
Day pass · studentweekends and holidays¥1,700
Day pass · childElementary school and under, weekday (weekends 1,400)¥1,200
Monthly · adultMembership paid monthly by card or direct debit, this store only (all stores 9,900, or 11,900 for residents outside Ibaraki; students 7,900)¥7,900
Monthly · adultOne-month pass, this store only (all stores 16,500)¥14,300
Shoe hireFree on the first rental; chalk 200¥300
Tax included. First-time registration fee 1,100 (valid for all stores; 500 yearly renewal). Prepaid card: pay 20,000 for 22,000 of credit.All prices on the gym's site
Opening hours
Mon–Fri10:00–23:00
Sat–Sun10:00–21:00
Public holidays10:00–21:00
Set days, shortened hours and closures are posted on the business calendar (rockyclimbing.com/set/).Hours on the gym's site
First visit
What to know before your first visit
Phone
+81 29-886-6338
Photos
InstagramPhotos on Google Maps

Hours and prices from the gym's own website, checked 3 October 2026. They change, so check before you go.

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Questions

What Font grade is 黄 Yellow (9〜10級) at ROCKY Climbing & Fitness Gym Tsukuba-Ami?
黄 Yellow (9〜10級) at ROCKY Climbing & Fitness Gym Tsukuba-Ami is 1–1+, about VB− in V-scale.
What Font grade is ピンク Pink (8級) at ROCKY Climbing & Fitness Gym Tsukuba-Ami?
ピンク Pink (8級) at ROCKY Climbing & Fitness Gym Tsukuba-Ami is 1+–2, about VB−–VB in V-scale.
What Font grade is 茶 Brown (7級) at ROCKY Climbing & Fitness Gym Tsukuba-Ami?
茶 Brown (7級) at ROCKY Climbing & Fitness Gym Tsukuba-Ami is 2+–3, about VB–VB+ in V-scale.
What Font grade is 白 White (6級) at ROCKY Climbing & Fitness Gym Tsukuba-Ami?
白 White (6級) at ROCKY Climbing & Fitness Gym Tsukuba-Ami is 3+–4, about VB+–V0+ in V-scale.
What Font grade is 赤 Red (5級) at ROCKY Climbing & Fitness Gym Tsukuba-Ami?
赤 Red (5級) at ROCKY Climbing & Fitness Gym Tsukuba-Ami is 4+–5, about V0–V3 in V-scale.
What Font grade is オレンジ Orange (4級) at ROCKY Climbing & Fitness Gym Tsukuba-Ami?
オレンジ Orange (4級) at ROCKY Climbing & Fitness Gym Tsukuba-Ami is 5+–6A, about V2–V3 in V-scale.
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Sources

  1. ROCKY: Tsukuba-Ami branch page (address, phone, hours, access, parking)
  2. ROCKY: price list
  3. mirei3のblog (2017-05-16): visit to Shinagawa ROCKY with the tape colour grade chart (in Japanese)
  4. Japanese Wikipedia: ボルダリング, kyu/dan vs Font/V table (source: Dai Koyamada, 2009)
  5. ROCKY: home page (six gyms in the Tokyo area)

Checked 3 October 2026. Gear Loop isn't affiliated with ROCKY Climbing & Fitness Gym Tsukuba-Ami.