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Katsuragi Loop from Taima via Yusenji to Mount Nijo's Female Peak and Back via Iwaya Pass

葛城 當麻から祐泉寺を経て二上山雌岳、岩屋峠経由で周回

Distance

4.7 km

Hiking time

2 h 10 min

Ascent

367 m

Descent

367 m

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Hiking time is an estimate for an average hiker, without breaks.

From near the Kasado pavilion in Taima, Katsuragi, this loop passes Taima Yamaguchi Shrine, Dairyuji and Yusenji to climb Medake (474 m), the southern peak of Mount Nijo, and returns via Iwaya Pass to Yusenji. Revered since ancient times as the holy mountain where the sun sets between its two peaks, it has the Iwaya rock-cut temple, a national historic site, beside Iwaya Pass and a sutra mound of the Katsuragi Shugendo pilgrimage.

Mount Nijō summit weather (517 m, hourly, 14 days)

Sunrise today 06:19, sunset 17:03

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