Mount Ushibuse
牛伏山
Ueda, Nagano · Elevation 1,990 m
Mount Ushibuse is a 1,990 m peak on the border between Ueda City and Nagawa Town in Nagano Prefecture, anchoring the northeastern edge of the Utsukushigahara highland in Yatsugatake-Chūshin-Kōgen Quasi-National Park. From the parking lot of the Michi-no-Eki Utsukushigahara-Kōgen and Utsukushigahara Open-Air Museum just below the summit, a 10-minute walk on a maintained boardwalk reaches the top, making it popular with family hikers. The summit offers a 360° panorama spanning the grazing pastures of Utsukushigahara and the Northern, Central, and Southern Alps, plus Yatsugatake and Mount Asama. It is featured in the 東京周辺の山350 list.
Mount Ushibuse at a glance
- Weather: The most settled day in the next 7 days is Wed, November 4: clear, gusts up to 8 m/s. Fri, Nov 6: strong wind (gusts up to 15 m/s).
- Route: The shortest is Mount Ogato Return from Michi-no-Eki Utsukushigahara via Mount Ushibuse and Utsukushi-no-to: about 3 h 1 min, 8.5 km, about 210 m of climbing.
Mount Ushibuse weather (hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:11, sunset 16:51
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Mount Ushibuse hiking routes
Hiking times are estimates calculated from the terrain.
Huts, campsites and lodging near Mount Ushibuse
Campsites
- 桜清水オートキャンプ場
Lodging
- 山本小屋ふる里館
- 美ヶ原高原ホテル山本小屋
- 王ヶ頭ホテル
Mount Ushibuse facts
- Elevation
- 1,990 m
- Location
- Ueda, Nagano
36.230860, 138.134290 - National Park
- 八ヶ岳中信高原国定公園
- Website
- www.venus-line.net
- Trail Map
- m-utsukushigahara.jp (PDF)