Mt. Jounendake

Mt. Jounendake (Jonen only) is a mountain at an elevation of 2857m in the Changen Mountain Range in the southern part of the Hida Mountains (Northern Alps). The entire mountain belongs to Nagano Prefecture and spans Matsumoto and Azumino. The main peak of the Chosen mountains. One of the hundred famous mountains in Japan. From Azumino, you can see the whole picture, and you can find its neatly shaped pyramid in a glance. This impressive shape of Mt. Jounendake is when looking from the south of Azumino city Tohoshina in Azumino city where the peaks of Mt. Jounendake adjacent to the east are seen overlapping, because each mountain looks independent when it is north of Azumino city Hotaka Also, the impression looks different. The Northern Alps seen from Azumino are dominated by the Jomon mountain range, and the mountains such as Hotaka dake and Mt. Yarigatake are hidden in the avant-garde Jomonendake mountains such as Mt. Jounendake, Chogatake and Mt. It is an extent. It is a symbol of Azumino and is also used as a mark of Nagano Children's Hospital. The northern mass of Mt. Jounendake is granitic and has a very different boundary from the non-metamorphic paleostratum on the southern side. The Mt. Jounendake fault has been identified on the east side of the mountain. Granite blocks are piled up on top of the alpine zone. It used to be called Norikuradake. Jounendake is derived from the theory that, once in the old days, every year the end of the year, the mysterious Zen Nemu came to the liquor store to buy liquor, or when Sakauetamura Maro expeditions to the land, Jominenda, who is a reputable minister, There are several theories, including the theory that it was attached to being fled to this mountain. Jounendake's snow slope in the east-northeast of Mt. Jounendake in spring is seen as a snow-shaped figure of a usual-looking boy with a black figure, and it is said that it is a snow-shaped figure that tells Azumino the time of rice planting. Yukio Tajima, a mountain photographer with honorary citizen of Azumino, introduces this snow form in his book, "The Mountain Coat of Snow." When British climber Walter Weston climbed this mountain in 1894 year, the guide said, “If the coffin that had been stolen in the mountain was staying there, I could hear Nembutsu from the top of the mountain. It lasts for hours, so I forgot to endure the guilt and ran away from the mountain, saying, “Because I always chant Nembutsu, so I hear the legend that the mountain named“ Mt. Jounendake ”was attached” . The upper part of the altitude of about XNUM x m is the habitat of grouse in the alpine zone beyond the forest limit. On the hillsides, there are inhabited birds such as scallops, worms and black bears, black bears, antelopes, foxes and macaques, and it has been a hunting ground for hunters before the history of modern mountain climbing. The mountainous area around the area, such as the common-minded Norikoshi, was inhabited by alpine butterflies such as hornbills and lizards, and Yukio Tanabe climbed Mt. Jounendake 2,400 times or more, and studied alpine butterflies. At the time, 100 species were confirmed, and Takanehikage is designated as a natural monument in Nagano Prefecture. In the Pinus japonicus area, alpine plants such as Aochi-zazakura, Iwagikyo, Kakume-no-ki, Dicentra, Qingruma, hi-matsu and Miyama-kinpouge are produced naturally.