1,955 m, the second-highest peak in western Japan: the chairlift climbs to 1,750 m in 15 minutes.
Tsurugi-san, 1,955 metres, is the second-highest summit in western Japan after Ishizuchi. A tourist chairlift links Minokoshi pass (1,420 m) to Nishijima station (1,750 m) in about 15 minutes, leaving 40–50 minutes on foot to the summit, where a small hut provides meals and overnight stays, and offers those who stop there sunrises, sunsets and seas of cloud.
Sacred mountain of central Shikoku, on the border between the municipalities of Miyoshi and Mima, a destination for Shinto pilgrimage as well as hiking; one of Fukada Kyūya's hundred famous mountains of Japan.
ℹ️ Chairlift from Minokoshi; season and hours vary, check before the climb. Summit hut with paid meals and overnight stays.
🚉 Minokoshi · in front of the station
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