Mount Gaki

What it is

• A 2,647-meter granite peak located within the Chubu Sangaku National Park.
• One of Japan's 200 Famous Mountains situated in the Hida Mountains.
• Part of the Jonen Mountain Range featuring a summit area above the forest limit.
• A mountain peak marked by a third-class triangulation point at the summit.

What to see

• Colonies of Dicentra peregrina flowers growing in the gravel near the summit.
• The Gakidake Hut located 100 meters south of the mountain peak.
• A mountain trail that connects this summit to nearby Mount Karasawa.

Getting there

• The nearest railway access is via Shinano-Tokiwa Station.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.