Hiking trails · Tokushima
Mount Tsurugi Circuit from Minokoshi via Otsurugi Shrine
剣山(見ノ越・尾根道・大剱神社周回)
- Distance
- 5.7 km
- Hiking time
- 3 h 39 min
- Ascent
- 569 m
- Descent
- 572 m
Hiking time is an estimate for an average hiker, without breaks.
This circuit climbs on foot from Minokoshi to Nishijima, follows the ridge route to the 1,955-metre summit of Mount Tsurugi, and descends by the Otsurugi Shrine route before returning to Minokoshi. The broad bamboo-grass summit overlooks the celebrated ridge toward Jirogyu, while the descent passes Otsurugi Shrine beneath its immense sacred rock.
Mount Tsurugi summit weather (1,955 m, hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:24, sunset 17:11
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| Precipitation | mm | 0.2 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 7 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 0.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mount Tsurugi Circuit from Minokoshi via Otsurugi Shrine facts
- Start
- 見ノ越
- End
- 見ノ越
- Access · Start
- 見ノ越 (Bus stop), Minokoshi (Aerialway station), 見ノ越駅 (Aerialway station), 見ノ越第一駐車場 (parking)
Peaks on this trail
Nearby hiking trails
- Mount Tsurugi and Mount Jirogyu Circuit from Minokoshi 8.8 km · 5 h 34 min
- Tokushima Return from the Base of Tsurugi Worship past the Katanakake Pine and Hozoseki Shrine to the Boardwalk Summit 5.4 km · 3 h 33 min
- Mount Tsurugi, Jirogyu, and Miune Traverse from Minokoshi to Nagoro 21.0 km · 13 h 1 min
- Mount Tonomaru Return from the Tonomaru Trailhead 7.4 km · 4 h 10 min
- Mount Sanrei Return from the Fir Woods up a Bamboo-grass Ridge to the Summit by a Pond That Never Dries 9.3 km · 6 h 12 min