Mt. Ontake

Mt. Ontake (1182m) is one of the mountains in the Takakuma mountain range.
 

It is the highest point in the Kimotsuki watershed.

Aournd the Peak of Mt. Ontake

As I said before, the Takakuma mountain range has the southern limit of Buna’s distribution.
 

What’s more, now I am aware that it also has southern limit of each distribution of a lot of other plants.

 

MIZUNARA, Japanese oak, is one of the plants.

 

If you take “TV Tower Route” to the peak of Mt. Ontake, you may find MIZANARA trees along the ridge around the 9^th station, although I could not find BUNA (Japanese beech). In general, BUNA makes forests with MIZUNARA. So, BUNA must be around there…

(I hear that BUNA can be seen behind the peak of Mt. Ontake, Mt. Onogara side .)

MIZUNARA

When you climb Mt. Ontake, you can go to the Tozanguchi, starting point, by bicycle or car. Tozanguchi is equivalent to the 5^th station.

It’s a 1 and 1/2-hour climb to the peak.

View from Peak (Meinoo Ranch)

I found a falcon flying around the peak.


This is the route to Tozanguchi.