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Dainichi Dake

Japan · Elevation not verified

Reviewed routes

No reviewed route is included. Missing route information does not establish safe or legal access.

About this mountain

Dainichi Dake is in the Iide Mountains of Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Niigata Prefectural Police identifies it as the highest peak of the Iide range.

Sources and scope

SelectedGSI大日岳row37deg49min58sec139deg39min37sec only; noheightprojected

NamedselectedIideDainichi, notGifu/Toyamahomonyms; noheight

Access & planning

Approach Advisory

Tainai City lists the Ashinomatsu ridge trail from its trailhead to the Oishiyama junction as closed from 1 June to 30 November 2026, with the end date marked as planned.

Area covered by this information

Only this named approach section; no assertion that every Dainichi route is closed or that access automatically resumes afterward.

Checked

2026-10-29T06:14:40.140998+00:00

Sources and scope

OnlynamedTainaisection; notallDainichiroutes orwholesummitclosure; noautomaticreopening

Geology & landscape

The 1997 Iide regional management plan describes the range as an uplifted granitic massif with asymmetric ridges shaped by winter snow accumulation.

Area covered by this information

Historical regional interpretation, not an exact summit rock or age assignment.

Sources and scope

RegionalIiderangeinterpretation; noexactsummitmapunitmineralageorcurrentsnowdepth

Nature & wildlife

The wider Iide mountain region has extensive beech forests.

Area covered by this information

Regional habitat context; no forest or individual species occurrence is asserted on this summit.

Sources and scope

Regionalmountain/watershedhabitat; notDainichisummitforestorindividualspeciesoccurrence