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Kii Castle Ruins Loop from the Grass Ski Slope to the Summit of Mount Kizan

基肄城跡 草スキー場から基山山頂周回

Distance

976 m

Hiking time

34 min

Ascent

78 m

Descent

72 m

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

This walk of under a kilometre loops from near the Kizan grass ski slope in Kiyama, Saga, across grassy slopes to the 404 m summit of Mount Kizan. The whole mountain is the Kii Castle ruins, a national special historic site and one of Japan's oldest Korean-style mountain fortresses, built in 665 on the orders of Emperor Tenji, and the summit gives a full circle of views over the Chikugo Plain, Hakata Bay and the Ariake Sea.

Mt. Kizan summit weather (404 m, hourly, 14 days)

Sunrise today 06:38, sunset 17:25

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Kii Castle Ruins Loop from the Grass Ski Slope to the Summit of Mount Kizan facts