Mount Kanmuri (Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima)

Mount Kanmuri (Yoshiwa Kanmuri)
冠山 (吉和冠山)

Mount Yoshiwa Kanmuri
Highest point
Elevation 1,339 m (4,393 ft)
Coordinates 34°47′0″N 132°21′32″E / 34.78333°N 132.35889°E / 34.78333; 132.35889Coordinates: 34°47′0″N 132°21′32″E / 34.78333°N 132.35889°E / 34.78333; 132.35889
Naming
Pronunciation Japanese: [kanmuri-yama]
Geography
Mount Yoshiwa Kanmuri

Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Parent range Chūgoku Mountains
Climbing
Easiest route Hiking

Mount Kanmuri (冠山 Kanmuri-yama), also known as Mount Yoshiwa Kanmuri (吉和冠山 Yoshiwa Kanmuri-yama), is a mountain located in the Yoshiwa District of Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. "Kanmuri" is a common name for mountains in Japan; Hiroshima Prefecture has six mountains by this name alone, hence the modifier "Yoshiwa".[1]

Description

Mount Yoshiwa Kanmuri has an elevation of 1,339 m (4,393 ft). The mountain is at the far west of the Chūgoku Mountains, and is part of Nishi-Chugoku Sanchi Quasi-National Park.[2] The plateaus of the southern base of Mount Yoshiwa Kanmuri features large stands of renge tsutsuji rhododendron, and the area is designated a natural monument by the Prefecture of Hiroshima.[3]

Recreation

Mominoki Prefectural Forest (もみのき森林公園 Mominoki Shinrin Kōen) has facilities for camping and hiking, and is located in the fir forests at the eastern foot of the mountain.[4]

Transportation

The Chugoku Expressway, also known as National Route 468, follows the southern base of Mount Yoshiwa Kanmuri.

External links

References

  1. 吉和冠山(1339m)(Japanese)
  2. 第1章廿日市市・大野町の現状と課題(Japanese)
  3. "Yoshiwa". Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika) (日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ) “Large Encyclopedia of Japan (Nipponika)”) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  4. もみのき森林公園(Japanese)
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