# Mount Sefuri

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{{Short description|Mountain in Fukuoka and Saga, Japan}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Sefuri
| other_name = 脊振山
| image = Sefuri20151031 (cropped).jpg
| image_caption = Mount Sefuri as seen from the west
| map = Japan
| location = [Kyūshū](/source/Kyushu), [Japan](/source/Japan)
| elevation_m = 1054.6
| elevation_ref = 
| prominence = 
| listing = [List of mountains and hills of Japan by height](/source/List_of_mountains_and_hills_of_Japan_by_height)
| language = [Japanese](/source/Japanese_language)
| pronunciation = {{IPA|ja|seɸɯɾisaɴ|}}
| range = Sefuri Mountains
| coordinates = {{Coord|33|26|11|N|130|22|7|E|type:mountain_region:JP}}
| topo = 
| type = [massif](/source/massif)
| age = 
| volcanic_arc/belt = 
| last_eruption = 
| first_ascent = 
| easiest_route =
}}

{{nihongo|'''Mount Sefuri'''|脊振山|Sefuri-san}} is a {{Convert|1054.6|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} peak of the Sefuri Mountains, which are located on the border of [Fukuoka](/source/Fukuoka), [Fukuoka Prefecture](/source/Fukuoka_Prefecture), and [Kanzaki](/source/Kanzaki%2C_Saga), [Saga Prefecture](/source/Saga_Prefecture), [Japan](/source/Japan).

==Outline==
This mountain is the tallest peak of the Sefuri Mountain range between [Fukuoka Prefecture](/source/Fukuoka_Prefecture) and [Saga Prefecture](/source/Saga_Prefecture) on the island of [Kyūshū](/source/Kyushu). Before the [Meiji Restoration](/source/Meiji_Restoration), this mountain was a center of the [Shugendō](/source/Shugend%C5%8D) religion in this region, along with [Mount Hiko](/source/Mount_Hiko). Mount Sefuri is the location where the [Buddhist](/source/Buddhism) priest [Eisai](/source/Eisai) first planted [tea](/source/tea) after his return to Japan from [Song dynasty](/source/Song_dynasty) [China](/source/China) in the [Kamakura period](/source/Kamakura_period).

==Facilities==
On the top of Mount Sefuri, there is a [military](/source/military) site, a radar site operated by the [Japan Air Self-Defense Force](/source/Japan_Air_Self-Defense_Force). The communications station operated by the [United States Air Force](/source/United_States_Air_Force) in Japan was closed in 1991.

==Routes==
The most popular route to climb this mountain is from Shiiba Bus Stop of Nishitetsu Bus. It takes about from two and half hours to three hours to the top.

==Gallery==
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File:Mt Sefuri.jpg|From summit
File:Mount Sefuri from Mount Kawarake.jpg|Mount Sefuri's main ridge seen from the SSW in the inmost
</gallery>

== References ==
* [http://watchizu.gsi.go.jp/watchizu.aspx?b=332611&l=1302207 Official Home Page of the Geographical Survey Institute in Japan]
* [https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4398756159 Fukuoka no Yamayama]

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