Mount Kuju

Japanese: 久住山 - くじゅうさん
Mount Kuju

A mountain in the mid-west of Oita Prefecture. It is one of the peaks of the Kuju volcanic group, and has an altitude of 1,787 meters. It is a bell-shaped volcano (troide) of hornblende andesite, and there are crater remains such as Oike and Karaike near the summit, and the view from the summit of Mt. Aso and Mt. Sobo is wonderful. It has also been called Mt. Kutami since ancient times, and in the Manyoshu it is written, "When the clouds that dwell on Mt. Kutami fade away, I will not long for your eyes." At an altitude of 1,300 meters in the valley at the foot of Mt. Mimata, there is Hokkein Onsen. It takes just over three hours on foot from the south trailhead, and around two hours on foot from Handa Plateau Chojabaru and Makinoto Pass along the Yamanami Highway to reach the summit.

[Shunichi Kaneko]

[References] | Mount Kuju

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

大分県中西部にある山。九重(くじゅう)火山群の一峰で、標高1787メートル。角閃(かくせん)安山岩の鐘状火山(トロイデ)で、山頂に近く御池(おいけ)、空池(からいけ)などの火口跡があり、阿蘇(あそ)、祖母(そぼ)山など、山頂からの展望はすばらしい。古来朽網山(くたみやま)ともよばれ、『万葉集』にも「朽網山夕居(い)る雲の薄れ去(い)なば我(あれ)は恋ひむな君が目を欲(ほ)り」と詠まれている。三俣(みまた)山との裾(すそ)合谷の標高1300メートルの地に法華院温泉(ほっけいんおんせん)がある。南登山口から徒歩3時間余、やまなみハイウェイ沿いの飯田(はんだ)高原長者原(ちょうじゃばる)と牧ノ戸(まきのと)峠からは徒歩2時間前後で山頂に達する。

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[参照項目] | 九重山

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