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Our guide
Mount Daisen is a dormant stratovolcano in Tottori Prefecture, and at 1,729 m it is the highest mountain in the Chūgoku region. It is the most important volcano of the Daisen volcanic belt, part of the arc formed where the Philippine Sea Plate slides beneath the Amurian Plate.
That is as much as our sources tell us, so this page does not cover trails, seasons or access. We have not checked a route to the mountain; 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
- Daisen 01 — kobeoyaji · CC BY 2.1 jp · source · resized
- Daisen highest peak — Mass Ave 975 at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Daisenji 07 — Reggaeman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- 大山 - panoramio (13) — tomoha · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- Mt. Daisen seen from the museum bus stop, Houki, Tottori - Feb 16, 2015 — mstk east · CC BY 2.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Mount Daisen (大山, Daisen) is a dormant stratovolcano in Tottori Prefecture, Japan. It has an elevation of 1,729 m (5,673 ft). This mountain is the highest in the Chūgoku region, and the most important volcano on the Daisen volcanic belt, which is a part of the Southwestern Honshu volcanic arc, where the Philippine Sea Plate is subducting under the Amurian Plate.
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What to expect at this type of place: Mountain
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