Mount Asakusa

浅草岳

Uonuma, Niigata · Elevation 1,586 m

Mount Asakusa is a 1,585.5 m Quaternary volcano straddling Uonuma City in Niigata Prefecture and Tadami Town in Minamiaizu District, Fukushima Prefecture, a celebrated peak on the historic Aizu–Echigo border. It carries a first-order triangulation marker and is listed in the Nihon Sanbyaku Meizan, the Shin Hana no Hyakumeizan, the Ittō-Sankakuten Hyakumeizan, the Tōhoku 100 Meizan, the Niigata 100 Meizan, the Aizu Hyakumeizan, and the Tadami Yon Meizan. Its broad summit grassland fills with Himesayuri, Shirane-aoi, and Nikkō-kisuge in July, putting the mountain firmly among Japan's classic flower peaks. Five trails serve the summit — the Nezumochi-daira route (the shortest, with a large car park and toilet) and the Sakura-zone route on the Niigata side, plus the Tagokurako and Iri-Kanōtsu routes on the Fukushima side — and the cross-border traverse over the summit ridge is a celebrated walk in its own right.

Mount Asakusa at a glance

Weather: The most settled day in the next 7 days is Wed, November 4: clear, gusts up to 8 m/s. Fri, Nov 6, Sat, Nov 7: strong wind (gusts up to 23 m/s).
Route: The shortest is Mount Asakusa Loop via Mount Maedake and Kaheyonobocchi from Nezumochidaira: about 4 h 27 min, 7.8 km, about 760 m of climbing.

Mount Asakusa weather (hourly, 14 days)

Sunrise today 06:09, sunset 16:44

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