Mount Ushiro · 1,345 m · 40 km NW

Mountain · Hyōgo Prefecture

Mount Shosha

371 m1,217 ft

Prominence: 255 m838 ft
Isolation: 4.2 km
Tonight: 20°CPartly cloudy · Wind 27 km/h S

Mount Shosha is a 371 m (1,217 ft) mountain in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

All facts

Elevation: 371 m · 1,217 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Nagusa (683 m)
Region: Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Protected area: Seiban Kyūryō Prefectural Natural Park
Coordinates: 34.8924° N, 134.6568° E

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3D map

Mount Shosha 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Shosha terrain and contours

20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mount Shosha elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Shosha weather

Today · Rain · 20 / 23°C (68 / 73°F) · 0.8 mm · Wind 27 km/h S

Mount Shosha forecast for the summit, about 371 m.

Today20°23°0.8 mm27 km/h S
Sun18°25°6.0 mm21 km/h NE
Mon18°22°39.5 mm20 km/h NE
Tue12°20°–15 km/h NW
Wed6°14°–15 km/h N
Thu10°14°–4 km/h N
Fri13°20°1.1 mm6 km/h SW
Sat9°20°0.1 mm16 km/h W
Sun10°16°1.3 mm8 km/h SW
Mon10°16°0.2 mm8 km/h SW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

42.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

45.0%

Steep, 30–45°

12.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 12.5% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 359 m low point 20 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 71.1%Built-up 18.1%Cropland 6.6%Grassland 3.3%Water 0.7%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 52 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Japanese Skink6
Autumn fern3
Weeping Fern3
Phelotrupes laevistriatus3
Green penny fern3
Joro Spider3

Where it sits

Where Mount Shosha sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

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Downloads

Mount Shosha downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMount Shosha satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-05.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 379 m at the summit; the official height is 371 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	371 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	379 m	+8 m
Copernicus GLO-90	373 m	+2 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-05)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · Wikipedia