Mount Mikuni

三国山

Minakami, Gunma · Elevation 1,636 m

Mount Mikuni is a 1,636 m peak on the border between Minakami Town in Gunma and Yuzawa Town in Niigata, set at the south-western end of the Tanigawa range within Jōshin'etsu-Kōgen National Park. From the Mikuni Pass trailhead between the new Mikuni Tunnel and the old snow shelter, the route climbs to the summit in about 1 hour 50 minutes and descends in roughly 1 hour 10 minutes. The pass was a key point on the Edo-era Mikuni-kaidō, and the trail passes historic relics including the grave of Nagaoka clan samurai who drowned en route to the shōgun's court and the Seimei-no-mizu spring. The summit ridge bursts with alpine flowers in summer, especially nikkō-kisuge daylilies, and the peak features in Gunma Hyakumeizan, the Gunma Prefectural Border Ridge Trail, and Onsen Hyakumeizan.

Mount Mikuni 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 Mikuni 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
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