Mt. Tokozan
東光山
Yurihonjo, Akita · Elevation 594 m
Tokozan (594 m) is a sacred mountain rising in the Akada district of Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture. It has been venerated as the training ground of Zezan, the founder of Chokoku-ji, and is the principal peak of the so-called Akada Five Summits (Tokozan, Daizo-mine, Kuromoriyama, Kashagi-yama and Butsudoyama). The standard hike from the trailhead past the Bishamonten Hall at the fifth station and the seventh station to the summit takes about two hours and ten minutes round trip, with the season running from early April to early November.
Mt. Tokozan at a glance
- Weather: The most settled day in the next 7 days is Wed, November 4: clear, gusts up to 10 m/s. Fri, Nov 6, Sat, Nov 7, Sun, Nov 8: strong wind (gusts up to 26 m/s).
Mt. Tokozan weather (hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:09, sunset 16:37
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| Precipitation | mm | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 5 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 3.7 | 8 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 14 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 5 | 3.7 | 5 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New snow | cm | <.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 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 |
| Wind | m/s | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Wind gusts | m/s | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 8 |
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Huts, campsites and lodging near Mt. Tokozan
Campsites
- 大小屋ファミリーランド・ロッジ
Lists that include Mt. Tokozan
Mt. Tokozan facts
- Elevation
- 594 m
- Location
- Yurihonjo, Akita
39.406323, 140.161579 - Season Opens
- April 1
- Season Closes
- November 10
- Website
- yurihonjo-kanko.jp
- Trail Map
- yurihonjo-kanko.jp (PDF)