What is "kunimi"

Kunimi may refer to:

• Kunimi, Fukushima, a town in Date District, Fukushima, Japan
• Kunimi, Nagasaki, a town in Minamitakaki District, Nagasaki, Japan
• Kunimi, Ōita, a town in Higashikunisaki District, Ōita, Japan
• Kunimi (practice), the practice of climbing a mountain to survey the land
• Mount Kunimi, a mountain on the border of Isehara, Hadano and Atsugi in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
• Mount Kunimi (Daikō), a mountain on the border of Higashiyoshino, Nara, and Matsusaka, Mie, Japan

The ancient Japanese practice of , lit. "viewing the realm", involved climbing a mountain to survey the land, often before praising it in song. It is documented in the early chronicles the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki as well as in a number of poems in the Man'yōshū.