A long time ago nearly 500 people lived on Mt. Kubote to abstain from worldly pleasures. It’s known as the “500 monk mountain” and is a government designated historical site. I climbed the Demon stone steps from the local folk tale. Let’s go hiking in Japan! 求菩提山登山！
Mt. Kubote (求菩提山) 782m (2,565ft), Buzen city, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan, May 28, 2019, shot on GoPro Hero7 Black
Hike duration: 2hrs 34mins
Start 05:26 – Mt. Kubote 06:48 – Finish 08:00
Distance hiked: 7.2km
Cumulative up / down: 770m / 795m
Mt. Kubote trail map:
My activity data and GPSX track:
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Trail head on Google maps:
[00:40] Kubinashi (no neck) jizo: These stone statues were vandalized sometime during the government’s ban of Shugendo practice.
[02:00] Demons’ Stone Steps original story (in Japanese):
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