Komyo-san consists of three mountains, located near Kasabori dam in Sitada village. Once people quarried stone from this mountain and carried it out down to the foot to use as whetstones.

  Only one trail is taken to climb this mountain. It used to be working track. It's not so much easy to traverse these three mountains one after another. In addition, the trail is cut along steep and slippery slopes in places, so it is required for hikers to take a careful walk.

  I drove up the route 289 to Kasabori-dam along the Ikarasi River. There was a big parking area near the dam.

  I turned back the road about a few hundred meters and found the entrance of the trail on the left side. I went up gently to the main ridge along a stream at first. The trail turned right at the main ridge and entered the way traversing the left (east) slope.

  The almost level trail continued on the slope along the ridge but the left (east) side dropped off to a deep valley in places. It seemed to be dangerous for beginners.

  I climbed a steep slope and came up to a pass of a sub-ridge where there was a stone board and a stone statue of Buda standing.

  The trail had a lot of variety, entered a mixed forest at a time and crossed a small stream. I took a pleasant ridge walk after scrambling up a steep slope. At last I reached a small open space of the five stage under a few cedar trees. It was the point called "yama-no-kami" which means to dedicate the mountain god.

  The trail became open and rocky and soon two peaks appeared forward. The trail passed by below the first peak. The second peak was Mae-komyo-san with 826 meters in height. From the top, Oku-komyo-san being conical in shape could be seen ahead of us over Naka-komy-san.

  I traversed the left (east) slope and descended to the bottom. The next peak, called Naka-komyo-san, stood up with a rocky ridge before us.

  The trail swung to the right just below the top and I followed the way traversing the right (west) slope and stepped up to the shoulder of the mountain.

  The trail descended again and then entered in a beautiful beech forest. The trail swung to the left and right from place to place, went over a rocky ridge and came to just right below the top. A steep climb brought me to the top of the third peak. It was just the true top of Komyo-san with the height of 879 meters. It took about three and a half hours to reach the top from the start.

  The top wasn't so large and was filled with several hikers. It was a good place to see mountains in all directions.

  After a lunch break, I descended the same route to be back to the original point. I put in the same time as I came up.（2007,11,3)