[Ehime Prefecture] The highest sacred mountain in western Japan! A thrilling, exciting and breathtaking autumn foliage climb on Mt. Ishizuchi

Mt. Ishizuchi straddles Saijo City and Kumakogen Town in Ehime Prefecture. Its main peak, Mt. Tengu, is the highest peak in Western Japan and is one of the 100 famous mountains in Japan. Mt. Ishizuchi is also known as the spot where the earliest autumn leaves change color in Shikoku. Mt. Ishizuchi is a sacred mountain where mountain priests once came to train. Therefore, the mountain trail has four nearly vertical chain sections with a total length of about 240m, and the highest peak, Mt. Tengu, is a sheer cliff with almost no chain sections at all!! It was the most thrilling mountain climbing experience I've ever had! *Please note that there are detours around the chain sections, so don't worry. Also, the vast majority of people don't climb Mt. Tengu. The observation deck is at the summit of Mt. Misen, which is opposite Mt. Tengu, but when we arrived, it was covered in thick fog, and we waited for over 40 minutes in the freezing cold until the fog cleared... When the fog cleared, cheers rang out from all around! While having lunch on the rocks at the summit of Mt. Tengu, we looked down and saw the rare Brocken phenomenon, where a rainbow ring appears around your shadow! It was a fall foliage climbing experience that gave me a thrill and excitement like never before. Photo on Oct 11 2022 Mt. Ishizuchi-san is a 1,982m high (6,503 ft) mountain on the border of Saijō city and Kumakōgen-cho town in Ehime prefecture, Japan. This mountain is one of the Japan 100 best mountains and the highest one in Western Japan and the Shikoku region, and the fall foliage is the earliest to come to the Shikoku. Mt. Ishizuchi has been worshiped as the spiritual and important object for Shugendo like a mixture of Shintoism and Buddhism. There are 4 heavy iron chains leading up to the summit on the almost sudden vertical drop( at the same time ready for the detour like a step). Mt. Tengu-dake, which is the highest peak of Ishizuchi mountains, is too dangerous to climb up to the peak without chains as well as ropes. It's so thrilling and exciting trekking Anyway! #tripdomestictravel #Ehimeprefecture #autumnleaves #mountainclimbing #greatview #100famousmountainsinjapan