View of Mt. Ômine from the southeast. Mt. Ômine is the sacred place of the Shugendô and form part of the Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range which was listed in the World Heritage of UNESCO in 2004. We can see on this side Owase City and Owase Bay. The covered area has the largest amount of rainfall in Japan. The topographic model was made using LANDSAT true color image (composite of bands 1, 2 and 3) acquired on June 1, 1989.


View from the northwest. The river flowing this side is Yoshino River, the upriver part of Kinokawa River. The drainage basin of Yoshino River is known as the birthplace of plantation forestry of Japan, namely Yoshino Silviculture. The topographic model was made using LANDSAT false color image (composite of bands 3, 4 and 5) acquired on June 1, 1989.