Aomori

Mount Osore (Osorezan Bodaiji)

Mountains & highlandsNature walks & hiking

A remote volcanic sacred site on the Shimokita Peninsula, with sulphurous rocky fields and a pale crater lake, regarded as a gateway to the afterlife.

Mount Osore's Lake Usori and Mount Ozukushi in Shimokita, Aomori.
💡 Free-license reference photograph from Wikimedia Commons; capture month is not confirmed.
Mount Osore's Lake Usori and Mount Ozukushi in Shimokita, Aomori.Reference photo · selected conditions are not photographed yet

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Directions to Mount Osore (Osorezan Bodaiji)

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When to see this place

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Suitability

Stroller: Not verified

Nursing room: Not available

Noise level: quiet

Rules

Drones: banned

Coordinates

41.2790, 141.1200

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Sources, photo credits and verification

Place information: Official tourism source · Reviewed 2026-10-06

  • 1. Mount Osore's Lake Usori and Mount Ozukushi in Shimokita, Aomori. · Douglas P Perkins (Douglaspperkins (talk)) · Source ↗ · CC BY 3.0