Mount Keigetsu

Mount Keigetsu (桂月岳 Keigetsudake) (1,938 metres) is a peak in the northeast of Daisetsuzan National Park next to Mount Kuro and near Sōunkyō hot spring resort and gorge. It forms part of the Daisetsuzan Group of the Ishikari Mountains, a zone of stratovolcanoes and lava domes around the Ohachidaira Caldera (see Daisetsuzan Mountains).

Contents 1 Hill walk 2 Contour maps 3 Google map 4 Sources

Hill walk

Keigetsu takes about 40 minutes to reach from the summit of Mount Kuro, or about 20 minutes from the Mount Kuro Mountain Hut (see the Mount Kuro article for details of access from Sōunkyō). It can also be included on the Daisetsuzan Grand Traverse described in detail in the Lonely Planet Hiking in Japan guide (see sources below).

Contour maps

• Map 654247 1:25,000 (Sōunkyō Southwest) Kokuto Chiriin (国土地理院) [1]
• Attack Daisetsuzan 1:25,000 ISBN 4-901851-89-6 (Yen 1,000) (This includes a pamphlet in Japanese explaining routes and estimated times for individual sections.)

Google map

Geographic coordinates are 43.698° N, 142.91° W

Sources

• Florence, M et al. (2001) Hiking in Japan Lonely Planet Publications, Victoria