Walter Weston (1861-1940) was an English clergyman and an Anglican missionary who helped popularise recreational imountaineering in Japan at the turn of the 20th century.
Ordained a deacon in 1885,priest in 1886, he was appointed curate at St.John’s Readng, Berkshire in 1885. He was already a mountaineer and in 1886/7 he had spent time climbing in the Alps.
Walter went to Japan as a Missionary of the C.of E. Church Missionary Society (CMS) in 1888. he worked first in Kumamoto then in Kobe. Alternating between posts in the UK and Japan between 1888- 1915 he spent 15 years in various ministries of the Anglican Church in Japan.
In 1896 he published Mountaineering and Exploration in the Japanese Alps
He was instrumental in establishing the Japanese Alpine Club in 1906.
In 1917 the Japan Society of London ( he served on the council) and The Royal Geographical Society awarded him its Back award.
The Weston Park of Mount Ena was made in October 2001
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