Mount Daigenta
大源太山
Minakami, Gunma · Elevation 1,764 m
Mount Daigenta is a 1,764-metre peak in Minakami Town, Tone District, Gunma Prefecture, rising along the Mikuni–Tanigawa range that forms the Echigo–Jōshū prefectural border. Selected for the Gunma Hyakumeizan, it is reached most commonly via the Mikuni Pass, Mikuni-yama, and Sankaku-yama ridgeline and sits on the Mikuni–Shima section of the Gunma Prefectural Border Ridge Trail. The summit affords views of Mount Tairappyō, Mount Sennokura, and the wider Tanigawa massif. It is distinct from the better-known 1,598-metre Daigenta-yama on the Niigata side, sometimes called the Matterhorn of Jōetsu.
Mount Daigenta at a glance
- Weather: The most settled day in the next 7 days is Wed, November 4: clear, gusts up to 9 m/s. Sat, Nov 7: strong wind (gusts up to 17 m/s).
Mount Daigenta weather (hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:10, sunset 16:47
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| Precipitation | mm | 0.4 | 0.6 | 10 | 6 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 6 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 4.2 | 6 | 3.3 | 9 | 1.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New snow | cm | 0.1 | <.1 | <.1 | 0.1 | <.1 | <.1 | <.1 | <.1 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 0.4 | <.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Snow depth | cm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | 0 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
| Wind | m/s | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Wind gusts | m/s | 12 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 7 |
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Huts, campsites and lodging near Mount Daigenta
Mountain huts
- Tairappyo no Ie 2025: open April 29–October 25 · reservation required · sleeps 12
- Ebisu Oguro Hinangoya unstaffed · sleeps 3
Lodging
- Hotel West
- Annex Kashiwaya
- Lodge Kashiwagi
- Hotel Fujiya
- 苗場プリンスホテル2号館
Lists that include Mount Daigenta
Mount Daigenta facts
- Elevation
- 1,764 m
- Location
- Minakami, Gunma
36.794290, 138.833746 - Website
- www.pref.gunma.jp
- Trail Map
- www.gunma-trail.jp (PDF)