Mount Iimori

What it is

• A 254-meter mountain that served as the base for the Asuke clan for eight generations.
• The site of the former Asuke clan residence where Kojakuji Temple now stands.
• A historic area named Korankei in 1930 by Motoyama Hikoichi.
• The location of the Shozoku-zuka mound containing clothing left by Nijo Yoshimoto.

What to see

• Three levels of medieval castle ruins located at the mountain peak.
• Extensive maple and cedar trees originally planted by Priest Sanei during the Edo period.
• Large colonies of erythronium flowers growing on the mountain slopes.
• The graves of the Asuke and Suzuki clans and a Heian period sutra mound.
• The Tomoe River flowing along the base of the mountain.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.