Mount Daibosatsu
大菩薩嶺
Koshu, Yamanashi · Elevation 2,057 m
Mount Daibosatsu is a 2,057 m peak on the boundary between Kōshū City and Tabayama Village in Yamanashi Prefecture, marking the eastern edge of the Oku-Chichibu range. As one of the principal summits of Chichibu-Tama-Kai National Park, it is included in the Hyakumeizan, the Hana-no-Hyakumeizan, and Yamanashi Hyakumeizan. Although the wooded summit itself has no view, the gentle grassy ridge running south from Kaminari-iwa to Daibosatsu Pass offers sweeping vistas of Mount Fuji, the Southern Alps, and the Kōfu Basin, making it a popular introductory peak. The mountain is also famous as the setting of Nakazato Kaizan's novel Daibosatsu Tōge, and is accessed from trailheads at Kamihikawa Pass and Sakeishi.
Mount Daibosatsu at a glance
- Weather: The most settled day in the next 7 days is Sun, November 8: clear, gusts up to 8 m/s.
- Route: The shortest is Mount Daibosatsu, Daibosatsu Pass and Mount Kumazawa Loop from Kaminikkawa Pass: about 3 h 27 min, 8.2 km, about 680 m of climbing.
Mount Daibosatsu weather (hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:08, sunset 16:49
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Mount Daibosatsu hiking routes
- Mount Daibosatsu, Daibosatsu Pass and Mount Kumazawa Loop from Kaminikkawa Pass 8.2 km · Ascent 680 m 大菩薩嶺登山口, 上日川峠 (Bus stop), 上日川峠第1駐車場 (parking)
- Kamihikawa Pass–Daibosatsu Pass–Mount Daibosatsu Circuit 7.4 km · Ascent 528 m 大菩薩嶺登山口, 上日川峠 (Bus stop), 上日川峠第1駐車場 (parking)
- Daibosatsurei and Daibosatsu Pass from Marukawa Junction 12.9 km · Ascent 1,104 m
Hiking times are estimates calculated from the terrain.
Huts, campsites and lodging near Mount Daibosatsu
Mountain huts
- 賽の河原避難小屋 unstaffed
- 勝縁荘
- Fukuchanso reservation required · sleeps 50
- Kaizanso 2025: open all year · reservation required · sleeps 26
- 丸川荘
Campsites
- 福ちゃん荘キャンプ場
- 大菩薩 キャンプ
Lists that include Mount Daibosatsu
100 Famous Japanese Mountains · Japan 200 Famous Mountains · Japan's 300 Famous Mountains · 100 Famous Mountains of Flowers · New 100 Famous Flower Mountains · Koshinetsu 100 Famous Mountains · Yamanashi 100 Famous Mountains · Elevations of 1003 Mountains of Japan · 1000 Mountains of Japan
Mount Daibosatsu facts
- Also known as
- 大黒茂ノセリ · 大黒茂ノ峰 · 大黒茂山 · 鍋頭山 · 神部山 · 萩原山
- Elevation
- 2,057 m
- Location
- Koshu, Yamanashi
35.748720, 138.845478 - National Park
- 秩父多摩甲斐国立公園
- Website
- www.koshu-kankou.jp
- Trail Map
- www.koshu-kankou.jp (PDF)
- Wikipedia
- ja.wikipedia.org
Mountains near Mount Daibosatsu
- Myokennoatama 1,980 m
- Mt. Oyashirazunoatama 1,951 m
- Mt. Kumazawayama 1,978 m
- Mount Tengudana 1,957 m
- Ushioku-no-Gangaharasuri-yama 1,990 m
- Mt. Koganezawa 2,014 m
- Mt. Kurodake 1,987.5 m
- Mt. Shirayanomaru 1,920 m
- Kawakurumisawanoatama 1,940 m
- Mt. Okura-Takamaru 1,781 m
- Mount Hamaiba 1,752 m
- Mount Gangaharasuri 1,874 m