Mount Iō (Yatsugatake)
# Mount Iō (Yatsugatake)

Mount Iō (硫黄岳, Iō-dake) is a mountain on the border of Chino and Minamimaki, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. This mountain is one of the major mountains of Yatsugatake Mountains. Mount Iō literally means, sulphur mountain.

## Outline

Mount Iō is a stratovolcano in Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group. This mountain also belongs to the Yatsugatake-Chūshin Kōgen Quasi-National Park.

## Route

This mountain is one of the major mountains in Yatsugatake Mountains, which is easy for climbers to reach to the top. The easiest route is from Sakurazawa.

## Access

* Minotoguchi Bus Stop of Suwa Bus
* Tatsunokan Bus Stop of Suwa Bus

## Gallery

* Summit of Mount Iō from the SSE
* View from summit of Mount Iō. Mount Amida on the left.
* Siberian Dwarf Pines at the Top of Mount Iō
