Mount Takanosu
鷹ノ巣山
Soeda, Fukuoka · Elevation 979 m
Mount Takanosu is a 979.3-metre peak straddling Soeda Town (Tagawa District, Fukuoka) and Nakatsu City (Ōita), lying east of Hikosan within Yaba-Hita-Hikosan Quasi-National Park. It is famed for three nearly vertical columnar-jointed rock spires — Ichi-no-Take, Ni-no-Take, and San-no-Take — that rise in succession along the ridge. Soeda Town publishes an official Hikosan-area climbing map covering the peak, and it is listed in the Ōita 100 Mountains.
Mount Takanosu at a glance
- Weather: The most settled day in the next 7 days is Sun, November 8: clear, gusts up to 7 m/s.
- Route: The shortest is Takanosuyama Three-Peak Traverse: about 2 h 6 min, 3.2 km, about 390 m of climbing.
Mount Takanosu weather (hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:36, sunset 17:24
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| Precipitation | mm | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 7 | 9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mount Takanosu hiking routes
Hiking times are estimates calculated from the terrain.
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Mount Takanosu facts
- Elevation
- 979 m
- Location
- Soeda, Fukuoka
33.485563, 130.942188 - National Park
- 耶馬日田英彦山国定公園
- Website
- www.soeda-navi.com
- Trail Map
- www.soeda-navi.com (PDF)