Hiking trails · Kumamoto
Mount Tawara Return from Tawarayama Pass Viewpoint
俵山峠展望所から俵山往復
- Distance
- 6.5 km
- Hiking time
- 3 h 43 min
- Ascent
- 449 m
- Descent
- 447 m
Hiking time is an estimate for an average hiker, without breaks.
This return route climbs Mount Tawara in the southern outer rim of Aso from the Tawarayama Pass Viewpoint car park. It follows the southern outer-rim trail through grassland and along ridges to the 1,095 m summit. The open summit overlooks the Aso Five Peaks and Kumamoto Plain, with Unzen visible in clear weather.
Mount Tawarayama summit weather (1,095 m, hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:35, sunset 17:25
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| Precipitation | mm | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 5 | 5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Wind gusts | m/s | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
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Mount Tawara Return from Tawarayama Pass Viewpoint facts
- Start
- Parking
- End
- Parking
- Access · Start
- parking
Peaks on this trail
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