Mount Daisen (Hoki Fuji)
大山（伯耆富士） · Tottori Prefecture · Daisen Town
Daisen Town, Saihaku District, Tottori Prefecture, a solitary peak on the Sea of Japan side, 1,729 metres high (the highest peak, Kengamine, is closed; climbers may reach Misen at 1,709.4 metres); within Daisen-Oki National Park.
Know before you go
- Red lines: never enter the closed Kengamine area, and do not leave designated climbing routes. Taboos: no noise in temple and shrine grounds, and do not touch old building members. Good manners: check weather and register your plan at the trailhead, and carry rubbish out. Common mistakes for outsiders: (1) equating “summiting Daisen” with Kengamine and straying into the closed area
- (2) climbing the full stone steps and gravel paths in ordinary trainers, damaging knees on descent.
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Stories & people
Stories & people
History
Daisen-ji and mountain worship
Mount Daisen has long been regarded as sacred. Daisen-ji Temple and Ogamiyama Shrine reflect its Buddhist and mountain-worship traditions. Hikers normally reach Misen; the route to the higher Kengamine peak is closed because of landslides.
Culture
Culture & customs
Background
the Izumo Fudoki, completed in 733, calls it “Ogami-take,” mountain of the great god; Daisen-ji is said to have been founded in 718 by the Tendai school, and in the medieval period was a Shugendo centre, at its peak claiming over a hundred temples and three thousand warrior monks; it declined after the Meiji separation of Shinto and Buddhism and reopened in modern times; after the 2000 Tottori earthquake, Kengamine became at risk of collapse and was closed.
Local customs
- (1) Daisen-ji (大山寺) stone-step approach and Amida-do (阿弥陀堂, 1552, Important Cultural Property)
- (2) worship at Okumiya of Ogamiyama Shrine (大神山神社奥宮)
- (3) climb Misen (弥山登山, about 3 hours up)
- (4) milk and dairy at Daisen Makiba Milk Village (大山まきばみるくの里)
- (5) skiing at Daisen White Resort (だいせんホワイトリゾート) in winter.
Etiquette & taboos
Etiquette & taboos
Don’t DON'T
- Red lines: never enter the closed Kengamine area, and do not leave designated climbing routes. Taboos: no noise in temple and shrine grounds, and do not touch old building members. Good manners: check weather and register your plan at the trailhead, and carry rubbish out. Common mistakes for outsiders: (1) equating “summiting Daisen” with Kengamine and straying into the closed area
- (2) climbing the full stone steps and gravel paths in ordinary trainers, damaging knees on descent.
Locals appreciate DO
Please respect local residents, open areas, and on-site rules.
Plan your visit
Practical info
| Getting there | Intercity: by bus from JR Yonago Station on the San'in Main Line to Daisen-ji; by car via the Daisen interchange on the Yonago Expressway. Local: on foot or by bus. Tickets and payment: buses take IC cards or cash; climbing is free, ski lifts charge separately. Fare scales are as officially published. |
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Travel tips
- Climbing takes about 6 hours round trip
- guard against summer heat and insects, and in winter only properly equipped mountaineers should attempt the summit — others should not. The temple area takes 1–2 hours.
Maps & transport notes
- The route to Kengamine is closed because of landslides. The map searches the Daisen-ji visitor area
- do not navigate to the highest peak.
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