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Ohira-yama Sancho Park

Yamaguchi · · Nature & Scenery

Japanese name: 大平山山頂公園

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Ohira-yama Sancho Park
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WHAT TO DOOhira-yama Sancho Park

A park on the 631.3-metre summit of Hofu's highest peak, looking over the Inland Sea and the Hofu plain.

WHEREYamaguchi

Yamaguchi

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A park on the 631.3-metre summit of Hofu's highest peak, looking over the Inland Sea and the Hofu plain.

About this place

A summit park on Mt. Ohira, the highest mountain in Hofu, Yamaguchi. From the summit, at a little over 631 m, you can see the Hofu Plain and the Seto Inland Sea, and depending on the weather as far as the Kunisaki Peninsula in Kyushu. It has 4 areas: a viewing plaza, a lawn plaza, a play plaza, and a multipurpose plaza, and about 100,000 azaleas bloom from late April to mid-May.

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Notes: Because the Ohirayama Ropeway has been discontinued, please come to the summit park by car. The road to the summit is narrow, so large buses cannot pass.

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