Mount Yakushi

Outline

History

• It was the mountain of no admittance for women before the Meiji period.
• 1885 – Benjamin Smith Lyman climbed this mountain and Mount Yari by the purpose of the measurement investigation etc.
• 1904 – Geologist's Naomasa Yamasaki discovered Cirque on the east side of the mountain.
• 1909 – English literature's Jūji Tanabe climbed, and published the book on travel of mountain.
• 1926 – Writer Kyūya Fukada climbed, and published 100 Famous Japanese Mountains in 1964.
• December 4, 1934 – This area was specified to the Chūbu-Sangaku National Park.
• March 29, 1952 – The cirque of Mount Yakushi was specified for the special Natural monument.
• January 15, 1963 – 13 members of Aichi University met an accident in this mountain where a large amount of snows piled, and died.

  Cirque on Mount Yakushi

• Northern cirque – It is not plain because it collapsed.
• Kanasaku valley cirque – This was originated by person's name of Kanasaku Miyamoto. It is between Mount kita-Yakushi and Mount Yakushi.
• Central cirque – It is on the southeast side of Mount Yakushi.
• Southern cirque – It is on the southeast of Central cirque.

  Mountaineering

Main ascent routes

• Entrance Arimine : Oritate – Tarōdaira hut – Yakushi mountain pass – Yakushi plain – Yakushi mountain cottage – Mount Yakushi. This is the shortest route.
• Hietsu-shin-dō : Hietsu Tunnel – Sennin mountain pass – Kagami pond – Mount Teraji – Kitanomata hut – Tarōdaira hut – Yakushi mountain pass – Yakushi plain – Yakushi mountain cottage – Mount Yakushi. Also there is Kamioka-shin-dō for Mount Teraji.
• From Mount Tate : Murodō – Mount Tate – Ichinokosi mountain cottage – Mount Shishi – Zara mountain pass – Goshikigahara – Mount Ecchuzawa – Sugonokkoshi hut – Hazama Mountain – Mount Kita-Yakushi – Mount Yakushi.
• From Mount Kurobegorō : Mount Kurobegorō – Mount Kitanomata – – Tarōdaira hut – Yakushi mountain pass – Yakushi plain – Yakushi mountain cottage – Mount Yakushi. There are several route for Mount Kurobegorō.

  Mountain hut

• Sugonokkoshi hut – in the col between Mount Ecchuzawa and Mount Hazama, 50 person accommodation
• Yakushi mountain cottage – between Mount Yakushi and Yakushi plain, 60 person accommodation
• Yakushizawa hut – between Mount Taro and Kumonotaira, on Kurobe River ashore, 60 person accommodation
• Tarōdaira hut – between Yakushi mountain pass and Mount Tarō, 150 person accommodation
• Kitanomata hut – in the col between Mount Teraji and Mount Kitanomata, 8 person accommodation
• Kurobegorō hut – in the col between Mount Kurobegorō and Mount Mitsumatarenge, 60 person accommodation
• Mitsumata mountain cottage – in the col between Mount Mitsumatagenge and Mount Washiba, 70 person accommodation

  Alpine plant

• around Yakushi plain : Phyllodoce aleutica, Nephrophyllidium, Gentiana thunbergii var. minor, Anemone narcissiflora, Trollius japonicus, Siberian Dwarf Pine etc.
• around Yakushi mountain pass : Paris japonica, Maianthemum dilatatum, Caltha palustris etc.
• around Tarōdaira hut : Veratrum stamineum, Geum pentapetalum, Geranium yesoemse var. nipponicum, Lysichiton camtschatcense, Ranunculus acris, Pedicularis chamissonis var. japonica, Eriophorum vaginatum etc.

Geography

Nearby mountains

Rivers

• tributary of the Jōganji River
• tributaries of the Kurobe River

  Scenery of Mount Yakushi