🌿 Nature
Mount Daisen & Daisenji Temple
The sacred 1,729 m volcano and its ancient Daisenji temple, wrapped in beech forest.
Typical duration
120 min
Price
Free; temple halls small fee
From port
25 km / 15.5 mi
Transfer time
40 min
Indoor / Outdoor
outdoor
Queue risk
low
🕐 Best time to visit
Clear morning for the mountain views and temple approach
Mount Daisen, a 1,729-metre volcano the locals call the Hoki Fuji, is the highest peak in the Chugoku region and has been a centre of mountain worship for over a thousand years. The atmospheric Daisenji temple and the Ogamiyama shrine sit among ancient beech forest on its flanks, with a stone-paved pilgrim path and, on a clear day, sweeping views back over Yumigahama and the sea.
Getting there from the port
About 40 minutes by hire car or taxi tour to the Daisenji trailhead