Mount Sukai

Mount Sukai
View on Mount Sukai from Mount Nokogiri.
Highest point
Elevation	2,144 m (7,034 ft)
Coordinates	36°41′24″N 139°20′13″E / 36.69000°N 139.33694°E / 36.69000; 139.33694Coordinates: 36°41′24″N 139°20′13″E / 36.69000°N 139.33694°E / 36.69000; 139.33694
Naming
Translation	皇海山 (Japanese)
Pronunciation	Japanese: [su̥kaisaɴ]
Geography
Mount Sukai Kantō region, Honshū, Japan
Parent range	Ashio Mountains
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Climbing
Easiest route	Hike

Mount Sukai (皇海山, Sukai-san^?) is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains. The 2,144 m (7,034 ft) high peak lies in the Ashio Mountains of Japan, on the border of in and Numata in Gunma Prefecture. Mount Sukai is an old stratovolcano, but with the whole mountain covered in forest today it does not appear like a typical volcano.

The traditional ascent route starts at the trailhead in Ginzandaira (銀山平, Ginzandaira^?), Tochigi Prefecture, and leads via Mount Koshin (庚申山, Kōshin-zan^?) and Mount Nokogiri (鋸山, Nokogiri-yama^?) to the top of Mount Sukai. In addition Mount Sukai can be reached from Fudosawa (不動沢, Fudōsawa^?) in Gunma Prefecture.