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Our guide
Mount Ishizuchi, 1,982 m high on the border of Saijō and Kumakōgen in Ehime, is the highest mountain in western Japan and on Shikoku. It is regarded as a sacred mountain and is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains. It was once an active volcano, but it has had no eruptions for the past 10,000 years and shows no sign of any.
We have not checked trails, seasons or a route to the mountain, so plan the journey on the map and look for local information before you go.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- Mount Ishizuchi — HendrixEesti · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Isidutisan20220226 1 — Dokudami · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Isidutisan202101303 — Dokudami · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Isidutisan13 — Dokudami · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Isidutipanorama01 — Dokudami · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Isidutipanorama02 — Dokudami · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Isiduti misen tyouzyou 20250708 1 — Araiyasushige · CC0 · source · resized
- Isiduti12 — Dokudami · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Isiduti08 — Dokudami · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Mount Ishizuchi (石鎚山, Ishizuchi-san) is a 1,982-metre-high (6,503 ft) mountain on the border of Saijō and Kumakōgen, in Ehime, Japan. This mountain is one of the 100 famous mountains in Japan. It is the highest mountain in Western Japan and the island of Shikoku. It is regarded as a sacred mountain. Once upon a time it was a stratovolcano with large scale magma activity. Over time the magma activity ceased and it became extinct with no eruption activities in the past 10,000 years or recent signs of eruption.
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What to expect at this type of place: Mountain
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