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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