Mt. Takamiyama is one of the mountains which belong to the Daiko Mountain Range located on the border of Mie and Nara prefectures. As Mt. Takamiyama is known in Kansai Region as the place where hard rime and silver forest can be seen, a lot of climbers come to see them in winter. The mountain trail is arranged to the summit, which is at a height of 1248 m above sea level. You can command a panoramic view of Ise Bay, Kawachi Plain, Kaochi Valley and Daiko Mountain Range. In Mt. Takamiyama, hard rime (a white ice that forms when the water droplets in fog freeze to the outer surfaces of objects) can be seen on a cold winter morning even when it doesn’t snow. Walking under a twinkling rime ice tunnel is fantastic. Even during the severe winter, it isn’t very difficult to climb this mountain if you are equipped with light crampons and ski poles. Mt. Takamiyama is counted as one of 100 Fine Mountains in Kinki Region.