Mt. Unzen hiking 野岳・妙見岳・国見岳・普賢岳(雲仙岳)

2021.07.19(月) 日帰り

I took the day off so decided to head down to Shimabara in Nagasaki. I took the express Kamome train down to Isahaya station and from there I used a bus to Unzen Onsen town. The bus took 80mins which was a long time but well worth it. I hiked first up to the cable car car park area ( Closed on this day). On the way I took a small detour up to Nodake to get some great views of Mt. Unzen. After that I hiked up to Myokendake and then over to Kunimidake before finally heading to Fugendake. When heading back it started to rain heavily changing the views and atmosphere radically. The rain soon calmed down and I continued down and due to the rain I even saw a large toad hopping across the trail. When I got back down I had little time before the bus so I visited a natural onsen in the town which cost only 200Yen with 50Yen for Shampoo! Refreshed I headed back to the bus stop.

Unzen Hell!

Unzen Hell!

Unzen Hell!

Unzen Shrine

Unzen Shrine

Unzen Shrine

Old Convini

Old Convini

Old Convini

Glad it is not real!

Glad it is not real!

Glad it is not real!

Mt. Unzen an active volcano

Mt. Unzen an active volcano

Mt. Unzen an active volcano

Fugen dake, Going to the main crater is forbidden

Fugen dake, Going to the main crater is forbidden

Fugen dake, Going to the main crater is forbidden

A large toad

A large toad

A large toad

Yadake

Yadake

Yadake

Real onsen, 200Yen! Yunasato onsen

Real onsen, 200Yen! Yunasato onsen

Real onsen, 200Yen! Yunasato onsen

Unzen Hell!

Unzen Shrine

Old Convini

Glad it is not real!

Mt. Unzen an active volcano

Fugen dake, Going to the main crater is forbidden

A large toad

Yadake

Real onsen, 200Yen! Yunasato onsen

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雲仙岳 池の原園地〜三岳周回コース

  • 04:15
  • 5.4 km
  • 672 m
  • コース定数 16

駐車場のある池の原園地をスタートする。石段を標高差200メートルほど登ったところにある仁田峠は雲仙岳観光の拠点としても扱われ、ひときわ大きな駐車場があるためここからスタートするのもよい。仁田峠から雲仙ロープウェイを利用すればよりお手軽登山を楽しめるが、ここではロープウェイは利用しないパターンを紹介する。最初に到達するピークは妙見岳で、頂上には妙見神社が佇む。ここからの縦走路は浅い樹林帯を進むため、時折開ける視界からは普賢岳や平成新山、国見岳が見え、開放的な山歩きを楽しめる。国見岳直下は本格的な鎖場があるので注意だ。慣れれば鎖場も普段と違った楽しさを見出せるだろう。最後に到達する普賢岳の頂上は岩の広場となっており、360度の展望を楽しみながら20人ほどが休憩できるスペースになっている。目の前の平成新山がかっこいい。