Mount Kanmuridake

What it is

• A mountain bordering Ichikikushikino and Satsumasendai composed primarily of andesite rock.
• The site of Kanmuridake Sansho Gongen, three shrines located on the mountain peaks.
• The starting point for the Kanmuridake 88-temple pilgrimage route.
• A legendary location said to have been visited by the Chinese envoy Xu Fu.

What to see

• The highest peak, Nishidake, which reaches an elevation of 516 meters.
• A 6-meter tall statue of Xu Fu located within a lookout park.
• Kangakuen, a Chinese garden established on the mountain in 1992.
• The Senniniwa plant community, designated as a Kagoshima Prefecture natural monument.
• A shrine on the Higashidake peak dedicated to the deity Susanoo.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.