Ontake
御岳
Kanoya, Kagoshima · Elevation 1,182 m
An 1,182-meter peak in the central Ōsumi Peninsula of Kagoshima Prefecture, second-highest in the Takakuma Range after Mt. Ōnogara (1,236 m) and lying on the boundary between Kanoya City and Tarumizu City. The range is designated a Forest Genetic Resources Conservation Forest. From the fifth-station trailhead on the Kanoya side (free car park for 6–7 vehicles, toilets), a roughly 2h55m trail climbs via Chūbei-dake to the summit, where the panorama sweeps across the Ōsumi Peninsula and Sakurajima. Listed in the Kyūshū 100 Mountains (Atlas edition), the Japan 100 Low Mountains (2017) and the Bunken Tozan Guide volume for Kagoshima / Okinawa.
Ontake at a glance
- Weather: The most settled day in the next 7 days is Sat, November 7: clear, gusts up to 8 m/s.
- Route: The shortest is Ontake in the Takakuma Mountains, Return from the Fifth-Station Trailhead via Chubeidake: about 2 h 32 min, 3.6 km, about 510 m of climbing.
Ontake weather (hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:34, sunset 17:27
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Ontake hiking routes
Hiking times are estimates calculated from the terrain.
Lists that include Ontake
Ontake facts
- Elevation
- 1,182 m
- Location
- Kanoya, Kagoshima
31.460402, 130.820550 - Website
- www.city.kanoya.lg.jp
- Trail Map
- www.city.kanoya.lg.jp (PDF)