Kurumayama
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Kurumayama (車山) is mountain in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. A part of the Kirigamine volcano and is the highest point.
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Kurumayama | |
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Mount Kuruma | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,925 m (6,316 ft) |
Coordinates | 36°6′10″N 138°11′47″E[1] |
Naming | |
Native name | 車山 (Japanese) |
English translation | wheel mountain |
Geography | |
Location | Yatsugatake-Chūshin Kōgen Quasi-National Park |
Country | Japan |
Prefectures | Nagano |
Shikuchōson | Suwa and Chino |
Parent range | Mount Kirigamine |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Chairlift |
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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.