Mount Kisokoma

What it is

• The highest peak of the Kiso Mountains standing at 2,956 meters above sea level.
• A designated part of the Chuo Alps National Park since 2020.
• One of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains featuring a summit shrine founded in 1532.
• A mountain body primarily composed of 65-million-year-old granodiorite rock.

What to see

• Senjojiki Station, which is the highest railway station in Japan at 2,612 meters.
• The endemic Leontopodium shinanense flower growing near the mountain summit.
• Reintroduced rock ptarmigans originally brought from Mount Norikura.
• The Komagatake Ropeway providing views as it ascends to the high-altitude basin.
• A historic shrine located directly on the mountain peak.

Getting there

• The nearest train access is Komagane Station on the Iida Line.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.