Mount Kanmuri (Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima)

Mount Kanmuri (冠山), also known as Mount Yoshiwa Kanmuri (吉和冠山), is a mountain located in the Yoshiwa District of Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. "Kanmuri" is a common name for mountains in Japan; Hiroshima Prefecture has six mountains by this name alone, hence the modifier "Yoshiwa".

Description
Mount Yoshiwa Kanmuri has an elevation of 1339 m. The mountain is at the far west of the Chūgoku Mountains, and is part of Nishi-Chugoku Sanchi Quasi-National Park. The plateaus of the southern base of Mount Yoshiwa Kanmuri features large stands of renge tsutsuji rhododendron, and the area is designated a natural monument by the Prefecture of Hiroshima.

Recreation
Mominoki Prefectural Forest (もみのき森林公園) has facilities for camping and hiking, and is located in the fir forests at the eastern foot of the mountain.

Transportation
The Chugoku Expressway, also known as National Route 468, follows the southern base of Mount Yoshiwa Kanmuri.