Mount Hino
日野山
Echizen, Fukui / Minami-Echizen, Fukui · Elevation 795 m
Mount Hino is a 794.5 m peak straddling Echizen City and Minami-Echizen Town in Fukui Prefecture, whose graceful conical profile has earned it the nickname "Echizen Fuji." One of the Five Mountains of Echizen opened by the monk Taichō in the Nara period, it carries a small shrine of Hino-jinja's inner sanctuary at the summit. The mountain appears in the poetry of Murasaki Shikibu, who saw it during her travels with her father Fujiwara no Tametoki, the new provincial governor of Echizen. The peak features in Japan's Hundred Fujis, Furusato Fuji 100, Furusato Hyakumeizan, the Fukui Prefecture Mountain Guide, and the Five Mountains of Echizen.
Mount Hino at a glance
- Weather: The most settled day in the next 7 days is Wed, November 4: clear, gusts up to 5 m/s.
- Route: The shortest is Hinosan via the Aratani Route: about 3 h 20 min, 4.5 km, about 670 m of climbing.
Mount Hino weather (hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:19, sunset 16:59
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| Precipitation | mm | 0.7 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 7 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 9 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 5 | 7 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 0.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mount Hino hiking routes
- Hinosan via the Aratani Route 4.5 km · Ascent 674 m parking
- Echizen Fuji Return past Legendary Rocks to the Summit Shrine of Mount Hino, Taicho's Sacred Mountain 6.3 km · Ascent 751 m parking
Hiking times are estimates calculated from the terrain.
Lists that include Mount Hino
100 Fujis of Japan · 100 Mountains of Hokuriku · 23 Mountains of Echizen City · Elevations of 1003 Mountains of Japan · 1000 Mountains of Japan
Mount Hino facts
- Also known as
- 越前富士
- Elevation
- 795 m
- Location
- Echizen, Fukui / Minami-Echizen, Fukui
35.859235, 136.207563 - Website
- www.city.echizen.lg.jp
- Trail Map
- www.city.echizen.lg.jp (PDF)
- Access Information
- www.fuku-e.com
- Wikipedia
- ja.wikipedia.org