Mount Daibosatsu (大菩薩嶺) stands in the Yamanashi side of Chichibu-Tama-Kai National Park. The peak itself is in

Kōshū, Yamanashi is a Cities of Japan, city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 31,526 in 13,147 households, and a population density of 120 persons per km². The total area of the city is . The city is the home of ...

. It is high. Daibosatsu Pass divides Kōshū from Kosuge Village. Trails lead to the top from Kōshū,

Tabayama is a village located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 529, and a population density of 5.79 persons per km2. The total area of the village is . Geography Located in the northeastern corner of Yamana ...

, and Kosuge. Daibosatsu is one of the 100 Famous Mountains of Japan.

Outline

The mountain originally took a part of

Ōme Kaidō is one of the main roads leading westwards out of Tokyo. It begins in Shinjuku, passes through Ōme, and ends in Kōfu, Yamanashi.Edo era The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characteri ...

, used as carrying

lime Lime commonly refers to: * Lime (fruit), a green citrus fruit * Lime (material), inorganic materials containing calcium, usually calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide * Lime (color), a color between yellow and green Lime may also refer to: Botany ...

from Kai Province where produces lime to Edo.About Ome Kaido
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Edo bakufu The Tokugawa shogunate (, Japanese 徳川幕府 ''Tokugawa bakufu''), also known as the , was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868.Louis-Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Tokugawa-jidai''"in ''Ja ...

established Taba-shuku near Mount Daibosatsu. Mount Daibosatsu has two famous passes, which was also called Daibosatsu-toge and Yanagisawa-toge respectively. Daibosatsu-toge had been used as Ome Kaido, which was alternative

Kōshū Kaidō The was one of the five routes of the Edo period. It was built to connect Edo (modern-day Tokyo) with Kai Province in modern-day Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The route continues from there to connect with the Nakasendō's Shimosuwa-shuku in Na ...

until Yanagisawa-toge was open to traffic in

Meiji era The is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912. The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonization b ...

Access

The start of trail up the Mount Daibosatsu is located near Hashidate-shita bus stop. In additional to it, 20 minutes' walk will bring you from Kosuge-no-Yu bus stop to the start. Their bus stops are operated by

Nishi Tokyo Bus is a bus-operating company in western Tama Area, mainly in Hachioji and Akiruno, Tokyo, Japan. It has in a subsidiary which once took charge of bus routes in western Hachioji area and Ome area, and expressway bus routes. Although it now belongs ...

travel from/to

Okutama Station is a passenger railway station in the town of Okutama, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is the western-most station in the Tokyo Metropolis. Lines Oku-Tama Station is the western terminus of the Ōme Line, l ...

, simultaneously Kosuge Municipal Bus and Fujikyu Bus travel from/to Otsuki Station or

Uenohara Station is a railway station of the Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in the city of Uenohara, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. Lines Uenohara Station is served by the Chūō Line (Rapid) / Chūō Main Line, and is 69.8 kilometers f ...

. Besides, Lodge Chōbē ('' ja:ロッヂ長兵衛'') is near to the top of mountain, and the lodge is close to Kamihikawa bus stop. The bus stop is operated by Eiwa Transportation travel from/to

Kai-Yamato Station is a railway station of the Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Yamato-Hajikano, in the city of Kōshū, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. Lines Kai-Yamato Station is served by the Chūō Main Line, and is 106.5 kilometer ...

. Moreover, there is ''Daibosatsu-Tōge Tozanguchi'' bus stop, which is located Koshu, Yamanashi. The bus stop is operated by Koshu Municipal Bus travel from/to Enzan Station.

References

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