Mount Oiwa
御岩山
Hitachi, Ibaraki · Elevation 492 m
Mount Oiwa is an approximately 490 m peak in Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, rising in the Taga Hills west of the city. Long revered as a sacred mountain, it is reached by pilgrimage trails from Oiwa Shrine at its foot, with the Kabire Shrine enshrined partway up. It forms part of the Hitachi Alps ridge route and is counted among the Nihon 100 Teimeizan low-mountain list. It is recorded in the ancient Hitachi-no-Kuni Fudoki as "Kabire-no-takamine" and is also known as Kabire-no-mine.
Mount Oiwa at a glance
- Weather: The most settled day in the next 7 days is Fri, November 6: clear, gusts up to 8 m/s. Sat, Nov 7, Sun, Nov 8: strong wind (gusts up to 16 m/s).
- Route: The shortest is Mount Oiwa and Takasuzu from Oiwa Shrine: about 3 h 36 min, 6.4 km, about 410 m of climbing.
Mount Oiwa weather (hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:02, sunset 16:40
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| Precipitation | mm | 4.9 | 1.9 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 5.0 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mount Oiwa hiking routes
Hiking times are estimates calculated from the terrain.
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Mount Oiwa facts
- Also known as
- 賀毗礼の峯 · 賀毘禮之高峯
- Elevation
- 492 m
- Location
- Hitachi, Ibaraki
36.630325, 140.590941 - Website
- www.oiwajinja.jp
- Trail Map
- www.city.hitachi.lg.jp (PDF)
- Access Information
- www.oiwajinja.jp