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Mount Daisengen

Coordinates: 41°34′45.55″N 140°9′38.95″E / 41.5793194°N 140.1608194°E / 41.5793194; 140.1608194
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Mount Daisengen
大千軒岳
View of Maesengen (left) and Daisengen (right) from Shiriuchi
Highest point
Elevation1,072 m (3,517 ft)
ListingMountains and hills of Japan
Coordinates41°34′45.55″N 140°9′38.95″E / 41.5793194°N 140.1608194°E / 41.5793194; 140.1608194
Naming
Language of nameJapanese
Geography
Mount Daisengen is located in Hokkaido
Mount Daisengen
Mount Daisengen
Climbing
Easiest routeNew Road route

Mount Daisengen (大千軒岳, Daisengen-dake) is a 1,072-metre (3,517 ft) mountain located on the Oshima Peninsula of Hokkaidō, Japan. Mount Daisengen is the tallest mountain in the southern region of the peninsula.[1]

A gold mine was established on the mountain during the Edo period, and a group of 106 Japanese Christians were executed on the mountain[2] by the Matsumae clan during the nationwide crackdown on Christianity.

Several climbing routes exist.

History

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By about 1612, some Japanese Christians began to flee to the less populated Tōhoku and Ezo (modern-day Hokkaido) regions of Japan in order to escape religious persecution by the Tokugawa shogunate.[3] Some of these Japanese Christians took up residence working at the gold mine near Mount Daisengen.

The aftermath of the 1637 to 1638 Shimabara Rebellion led to a more severe government crackdown on Christianity within Japan, and in 1639, the Matsumae clan executed 106 Japanese Christians who worked on the mountain mining gold.[3]

Adventuring

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Climbing routes

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New Road route (新道コース)

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Trailhead is accessed from Matsumae. Round trip of roughly 3 hours and 50 minutes.[4] The route is suitable for beginners.[4]

Old Road route (旧道コース)

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Trailhead is accessed from Matsumae. Round trip of roughly 3 hours and 50 minutes.[4]

Kaminokuni Ishisaki route

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A trail from Kaminokuni exists but is currently inaccessible due to the road to the trailhead being closed.[4]

Sengen route (千軒コース)

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Trailhead is accessed from Fukushima. Round trip of roughly 7 hours and 30 minutes.[4] The remains of a gold mine guard house exist adjacent to the Sengen route. A stone monument with a large cross at the top was constructed in remembrance of the martyrdom of the 106 Japanese Christians.

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References

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  1. ^ "大千軒岳 - だいせんげんだけ:標高1,072m". ヤマケイオンライン. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  2. ^ "Mountains of Hokkaido". www.mountainsofhokkaido.com. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  3. ^ a b "深山のまち". www.92-kimura.com. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  4. ^ a b c d e "大千軒岳情報 | 渡島総合振興局森林室西部森林室". www.oshima.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
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