Mount Arafune

What it is

• A flat-topped mesa mountain located within the Myogi-Arafune-Saku Kogen Quasi-National Park.
• The highest peak is Mount Kyozuka reaching an elevation of 1,422.7 meters.
• One of Japan's 200 Famous Mountains formed by differential erosion of an ancient caldera.
• A site featured as Mount Arame in the classic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden.

What to see

• Tomo-iwa is a sheer vertical cliff face standing approximately 120 meters high.
• The Arafune Fudo-son temple located at the base of the mountain.
• The nearby Arafune Cold Storage facility once used for silkworm eggs.
• Hiking trails along the Uchiyama Pass designated as a Shimonita Geopark model course.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.