Mount Norikura Kengamine

Trail description

A short 1.2 km climb of about 230 m to Kengamine, the summit of Mount Norikura on the border of Gifu and Nagano prefectures in the Chubu-Sangaku National Park, from about 2,770 m. Norikura, whose name means riding saddle, is known as the easiest of Japan's 3,000 m mountains to climb. The monk Enku is said to have first reached the top in the 1680s.

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