Mount Okumotori

A mountain in the southern part of Wakayama Prefecture, straddling Shingu City and Nachikatsuura Town. It is the collective name for the mountain range on the north side of Mt. Nachi, with a maximum height of 965.7 meters. It is made of Tertiary Kumano acid rocks, and is called Kogumotoriyama from the Akagi River, a tributary of the Kumano River, north of the mountain. The Nakahechi route of the Kumano Highway, which connects Mt. Nachi and Kumano Hongu, passes through it, and it is known as a rugged path with Ogumotorigoe and Kogumotorigoe. It is said that it was named Kumomotori because the high peaks seem to capture the clouds. It is currently preserved as an ancient road. In 1995, a photograph of Mt. Fuji, 320 kilometers away, was successfully taken from Mt. Ogumotori, and this mountain is the furthest point from which Mt. Fuji can be seen.

[Yoichi Koike]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

和歌山県南部、新宮(しんぐう)市と那智勝浦(なちかつうら)町にまたがる山。那智山の北側に連なる山塊の総称で、最高965.7メートル。第三紀熊野酸性岩からなり、熊野川の支流赤木(あかぎ)川から北を小雲取山(こぐもとりやま)という。那智山と熊野本宮を結ぶ熊野街道中辺路(なかへち)が通り、大雲取越(ごえ)、小雲取越の険路として知られ、峰高く雲をとらえるようなので雲取と称したという。現在古道として保存されている。なお、1995年（平成7）大雲取山から320キロメートルも離れた富士山の撮影に成功、この山が富士山が見えるもっとも遠い地点となっている。

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