Mount Sobo

祖母山

Bungo-ōno-shi, Oita / Taketa, Oita / Takachiho, Miyazaki · Elevation 1,756 m

Mount Sobo is a 1,756 m peak on the boundary of Taketa, Bungo-Ōno, and Takachiho in northern Kyushu — the second-highest summit on the Kyushu mainland and the highest peak in Miyazaki Prefecture. Listed in Fukada Kyūya's Hyakumeizan, the Hana-no-Hyakumeizan, and the Ittō-Sankakuten Hyakumeizan, it forms the core of Sobo-Katamuki Quasi-National Park (designated 2017). The summit ridges are cloaked in primary forest of beech and Tsuga sieboldii, and the wider Sobo-Katamuki-Ōkue area is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. In myth the mountain enshrines Toyotamahime, the grandmother (sobo) of Emperor Jinmu — the source of its name. The shortest approach is the Kitatani trailhead on the Oita side, climbing via the three-prefecture-boundary and Kuni-mi-tōge to the summit; alternative routes from the Miyazaki side ascend from Obira, Kitagawa, or via Mount Oyaji.

Mount Sobo at a glance

Weather: The most settled day in the next 7 days is Sun, November 8: clear, gusts up to 6 m/s.
Route: The shortest is Mount Sobo Loop via the Fuketsu and Sembandaira Trails: about 4 h 55 min, 7.8 km, about 740 m of climbing.

Mount Sobo weather (hourly, 14 days)

Sunrise today 06:33, sunset 17:23

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Mount Sobo, Bungo-ōno-shi, Oita / Taketa, Oita / Takachiho, Miyazaki

Mount Sobo hiking routes

Hiking times are estimates calculated from the terrain.

Huts, campsites and lodging near Mount Sobo

Mountain huts

祖母山九合目小屋 0.3 km from the summit
祖母山５合目小屋 unstaffed 2.2 km from the summit
神原登山口 3.0 km from the summit

Lists that include Mount Sobo

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Mount Sobo facts

Also known as: 姥岳 · 鵜羽岳
Elevation: 1,756 m
Location: Bungo-ōno-shi, Oita / Taketa, Oita / Takachiho, Miyazaki
32.828160, 131.347051
National Park: 祖母傾国定公園
Website: takachiho-kanko.info
Trail Map: takachiho-kanko.info (PDF)
Wikipedia: ja.wikipedia.org