Mount Sekison
石尊山
Karuizawa, Nagano · Elevation 1,667 m
Mount Sekison is a 1,667.4 m foothill peak on the southeast ridge of Mount Asama, in Nagakura, Karuizawa Town (Kita-Saku District), Nagano Prefecture. The summit hosts a Sekison-Daigongen shrine carved into the rocky outcrop, accessed via the Oiwake Course starting in the post-town of Oiwake. The peak is listed in the Shinshū Furusato 120 Mountains, the Mountains of Japan Worth Walking, and the Gunma 130 Hiking Mountains.
Mount Sekison at a glance
- Weather: The most settled day in the next 7 days is Sun, November 8: clear, gusts up to 9 m/s. Sat, Nov 7: strong wind (gusts up to 17 m/s).
Mount Sekison weather (hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:10, sunset 16:49
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| Japan time | 15 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | |
| Temperature | °C | 8° | 3° | 1° | 0° | -1° | 0° | 0° | -1° | 1° | 5° | 7° | 8° | 6° | 2° | 2° | 3° | 3° | 4° | 6° | 9° | 9° | 6° | 6° | 5° | 5° | 5° | 10° | 13° | 12° | 6° | 3° | 2° | 1° | 1° | 2° | 4° | 3° | -2° | -3° | -4° | -4° | -5° | 1° | 6° | 5° | 0° | -1° | -1° | -1° | -1° | 2° | 4° | 0° | -1° | 0° | 1° | -1° | -2° | -1° | 1° | -2° | -4° | 2° | 5° | -2° | -2° | 2° | 2° | -5° | -5° | 2° | 5° | -2° | -1° | 4° | 8° | 3° | 4° | 10° | 8° | -1° | -4° | 1° | 3° |
| Precipitation | mm | 0.1 | 1.2 | 9 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 6 | 7 | 0.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New snow | cm | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 0 | <1 | <1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wind | m/s | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Wind gusts | m/s | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 7 |
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Huts, campsites and lodging near Mount Sekison
Mountain huts
- 火山館
- 登山者避難用シェルター
Lodging
- 天狗温泉浅間山荘
- 天狗温泉
Mount Sekison facts
- Elevation
- 1,667 m
- Location
- Karuizawa, Nagano
36.377085, 138.523967 - Website
- www.town.karuizawa.lg.jp
- Trail Map
- karuizawa-kankokyokai.jp (PDF)