Mount Dainichi
大日岳
Shimokitayama, Nara / Totsukawa, Nara · Elevation 1,568 m
Mount Dainichi is a 1,568 m rocky pinnacle on the southern Ōmine Okugake-michi pilgrim route, straddling Shimokitayama Village and Totsukawa Village in Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture, between Taiko-no-Tsuji and Fukasen-no-Shuku just south of Mount Shaka-ga-take (1,800 m). Within Yoshino-Kumano National Park and the UNESCO World Heritage "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range," the summit holds a statue of Dainichi Nyorai and is climbed via chained rock walls as one of the active Shugendō ascent sites of the range.
Mount Dainichi at a glance
- Weather: The most settled day in the next 7 days is Mon, November 9: clear, gusts up to 10 m/s. Fri, Nov 6, Sat, Nov 7, Sun, Nov 8: strong wind (gusts up to 21 m/s).
Mount Dainichi weather (hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:17, sunset 17:03
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Huts, campsites and lodging near Mount Dainichi
Mountain huts
Lodging
- 小仲坊
Lists that include Mount Dainichi
Mount Dainichi facts
- Elevation
- 1,568 m
- Location
- Shimokitayama, Nara / Totsukawa, Nara
34.103747, 135.905187 - National Park
- 吉野熊野国立公園
- Website
- www.vill.shimokitayama.nara.jp
- Trail Map
- www.vill.shimokitayama.nara.jp (PDF)