Kurumayama
Kurumayama
Location of Mount Kuruma in Japan
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Kurumayama (Nagano Prefecture)
Show map of Nagano PrefectureKurumayama (車山) is mountain in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. A part of the Kirigamine volcano and is the highest point.
The north-west side is covered with forest. The south-east side of Kurumayama is grassy which allows easy paragliding. The car access to the bottom of Kurumayama does not require the four-wheel drive, but at heavy snow, snow chains may help a lot.
- East side of Kurumayama
- January
- Small Shinto shrine on the summit
- JMA's weather radar on the summit
- East view from the top of Mount Kuruma. Lake Shirakaba [ja] in the center. Mount Tateshina in the background.
References
- ^ Geospatial Information Authority of Japan
36°06′10″N 138°11′47″E / 36.10278°N 138.19639°E / 36.10278; 138.19639