Nita Pass

Japanese: 仁田峠 - にたとうげ
Nita Pass

The name of the saddle between Mt. Myoken and Mt. Nodake in the center of the Shimabara Peninsula in Nagasaki Prefecture. The altitude is 1,080 meters. The Nita Pass Circular Expressway connects Unzen Onsen, and there is a ropeway to Mt. Myoken in the north. From the pass, you can see the U-shaped valley created by the explosion of Akamatsu Valley to the east, the Ariake Sea in the distance, and even the smoke from Mt. Aso. To the west, you can see the Unzen golf course and hot springs, and in the distance Tachibana Bay and the Nagasaki Peninsula. The surrounding area is filled with azaleas in the spring, cool air in the summer, maples in the fall, and frost in the winter, making it a mecca for Unzen tourism.

[Yasuyoshi Ishii]

Nita Pass
In the background of the photo is Mount Unzen Heisei Shinzan. Unzen City, Nagasaki Prefecture © Nagasaki Tourism Federation

Nita Pass


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

長崎県島原半島(しまばらはんとう)の中央部、妙見岳(みょうけんだけ)と野岳(のだけ)との間にある鞍部(あんぶ)の名称。標高1080メートル。雲仙温泉(うんぜんおんせん)から仁田峠循環自動車道路が通じており、北の妙見岳へはロープウェーがある。峠から東の眼下には赤松谷の爆裂によるU字谷、遠くは有明(ありあけ)海、さらに阿蘇(あそ)の噴煙まで望まれる。西の眼下には雲仙ゴルフ場や温泉地、さらに遠くは橘(たちばな)湾、長崎半島を望みうる。付近一帯は、春はツツジ、夏は冷気、秋はモミジ、冬は霧氷で満たされ、雲仙観光のメッカをなしている。

[石井泰義]

仁田峠
写真奥は雲仙岳平成新山。長崎県雲仙市©一般社団法人長崎県観光連盟">

仁田峠


出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例

<<:  Needham, Joseph

>>:  Lower Austria - Niederösterreich (English spelling)

Recommend

Hoshi Toru - Hoshi Toru

A Meiji-era lawyer and party politician. Born in ...

Dichapetalum (English spelling)

A tropical woody plant belonging to the Dicapetala...

Paper production - Kamiruiseisan

…By region, most softwood comes from North Americ...

Khān Abdul Gaffār Khān

1890‐1988 A political leader from the North-West F...

Kurotani paper

This refers to various handmade Japanese paper, ma...

Shah Mosque (English spelling) Masjed-e Shāh

This is a representative mosque of the Safavid dyn...

Enso light - Ensouko

… The head lights seen on Japanese statues of Bud...

Zang Kuck Family

1905‐ A contemporary Chinese poet. Born in Zhuchen...

Okizumi - charcoal

〘Noun〙① The act of adding charcoal in a tea house....

cuillère (English spelling)

…The English word spoon comes from a piece of woo...

Shimeikai - Shimeikai

A nationalist political party in Kumamoto during t...

Ikata Toji - Ikata Toji

…Most of the town area is mountainous, and includ...

Endotoxin

...Substances produced by bacteria that are patho...

Bergamot - Bergamot (English spelling)

An evergreen shrub of the Rutaceae family (APG cl...

Roman cement (English) romancement

…Research into cement became more active with the...