Mount Mitake (Hyōgo)

Mount Mitake
御嶽
Highest point
Elevation	793.4 m (2,603 ft)
Coordinates	35°7.38′N 135°14.41′E
Naming
Language of name	Japanese
Pronunciation	[mitake]
Geography
Location	Sasayama, Hyōgo, Japan
Parent range	Taki Mountains

The mountains around Mitake

Mount Mitake (御嶽, Mitake) is a 793 m (2,602 ft) high Japanese mountain located around 50 km (31 mi) north of Kobe in Hyōgo Prefecture. It should not be confused with Mount Mitake, a mountain in Tokyo, or Mount Ontake in Nagano Prefecture written with the same characters. This mountain is one of the 50 famous mountains in Hyōgo Prefecture.

History

Mount Mitake is the highest mountain in the Taki Mountains, including Mount Nishigatake and Mount Koganegadake. The Taki Mountains were one of the most holiest places for shugendō from Kamakura period to Muromachi period. However, Tanba Shugendō, a sect of Shugendo in Tanba Province, lost against Yamato Shugendō, another Shugendo sect of Yamato Province including Mount Ōmine, all of the temples in the Taki Mountains were burned in 1482.

Gallery

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  Aizen-kutsu
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  The God of Love in the cave(Rāgarāja).
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  Nisshi-no-nozoki
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  Primula japonica
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  The mountains around Mitake
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  Sasayama city

References

• Natural Parks of Hyōgo Prefecture
• Official Home Page of the Geographical Survey Institute in Japan