Mount Hyakuri

What it is

• The highest peak in Obama City standing at 931.3 meters above sea level.
• A significant mountain on the central watershed and the Kansai 100 Mountains list.
• Part of the Takashima Trail hiking route bordering Shiga and Fukui prefectures.
• The source of the Onyu River with a first-class triangulation point at the summit.

What to see

• A primary forest of large beech trees surrounding the summit area.
• Designated natural monument rhododendron communities located on the northern slope.
• Negorizaka Pass on the south side, a historic section of the Saba Kaido route.
• The mountain pass used by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu after battle.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.