The mountain just above Mt. Konpira is Mt.Tanida. This mountain is where the Hirata water distribution pond for Matsuyama City’s water supply facility is located, but it is off-limits. A little higher up, there is an entrance into a mandarin orange grove. We were allowed to climb along the monorail in the mandarin oranges field. The slope is steep and quite slippery. We climbed to the top of the tangerine field and were almost to the summit. We stopped because the bush was so bad from this point that it would be better not to go in.
