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°ECoordinates: 34°47′0″N 132°21′32″E / 34.78333°N 132.35889°E
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

• Mominoki Prefectural Forest(Japanese)

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)