Hiking trails · Kumamoto
Aso Circuit on Mount Eboshi, a Grassland Peak Facing Smoking Nakadake, over Miyama-kirishima Slopes
阿蘇 噴煙の中岳を間近に望む草原の烏帽子岳 ミヤマキリシマの斜面を一周
- Distance
- 6.0 km
- Hiking time
- 3 h 14 min
- Ascent
- 353 m
- Descent
- 353 m
Hiking time is an estimate for an average hiker, without breaks.
From the Kusasenri car park in Aso, this loop crosses the grassland and climbs an earth path to the 1,337 m Mount Eboshi, one of the Aso Five Peaks, returning via the Kishimadake junction to Kusasenri. The summit gives a full circle of views over steaming Nakadake, Takadake, Kishimadake and the Kusasenri meadow below, and Miyama-kirishima azaleas colour the slopes from late May to mid-June.
Mount Eboshi summit weather (1,337 m, hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:35, sunset 17:24
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| Precipitation | mm | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aso Circuit on Mount Eboshi, a Grassland Peak Facing Smoking Nakadake, over Miyama-kirishima Slopes facts
- Start
- Bus from/to Aso Station stop
- End
- 草千里駐車場
- Access · Start
- Bus from/to Aso Station stop (Bus stop), 草千里駐車場, 草千里展望駐車場
- Access · End
- 草千里駐車場, Bus from/to Aso Station stop (Bus stop), 草千里展望駐車場
Peaks on this trail
Nearby hiking trails
- Mount Eboshidake Circuit from Kusasenri 3.6 km · 2 h 2 min
- Mount Minamidake and Nakadake Loop from Kusasenri 14.1 km · 7 h 5 min
- Kusasenri to Mount Kishima Crater-Rim Circuit Out-and-Back 3.8 km · 2 h 7 min
- Mount Aso Nakadake–Takadake via Sunasenri 11.2 km · 6 h 9 min
- Mount Minami, Mount Naka and Mount Taka Return from Aso Sanjo 9.9 km · 5 h 41 min
- Mount Takadake, Nakadake and Minamidake Return via Sunasenri Boardwalk 9.8 km · 5 h 22 min
- Mount Aso: Takadake via Minamidake and Nakadake from Sunasenri 7.6 km · 4 h 19 min
- Mount Takadake, Mount Nakadake and Tsukimi Hut Loop from Sensui Gorge 7.3 km · 4 h 59 min