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Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park
is a Quasi-National Park in Hyōgo Prefecture, Tottori Prefecture, and Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It was founded on 10 April 1969 and has an area of . Overview Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Kokutei Kōen comprises three areas of the Chūgoku Mountains, a mountain range which forms the backbone of the Chūgoku region of western Japan and extends under the Pacific Ocean. The park covers : in Hyōgo Prefecture, in Okayama Prefecture, and in Tottori Prefecture. Jurisdictions *Hyōgo Prefecture ** Toyooka ** Yabu ** Shisō **Kami ** Shin'onsen ** Sayō *Okayama Prefecture ** Mimasaka ** Nishiawakura *Tottori Prefecture ** City of Tottori ** Iwami ** Yazu ** Wakasa **Chizu ** Misasa Mountains Important mountains of the park include: * Mount Hyōno -- . Hyōgo and Tottori prefectures * Mount Sobu -- . Hyōgo Prefecture * Mount Mimuro -- . Hyōgo and Tottori prefectures * Mount Ushiro -- . Hyōgo and Okayama prefectures *Mount Nagi -- . Tottori and Okayama prefectures See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Hyōno
is a mountain on the border of Yabu, Hyōgo Prefecture, and Wakasa, Tottori Prefecture, in Japan. It is the highest mountain in Hyōgo Prefecture. This mountain is one of the 200 famous mountains in Japan. Other names of this mountain are Suga-no-sen, Hyō-zan, Hyō-no-yama, Kōri-no-yama. Outline Mount Hyōno is estimated as an upheaved submarine volcano which erupted 3 million years ago with Mount Naki and Torokawa-daira highland. This mountain is the second highest mountain in Chūgoku Mountains, and also the second highest in Honshū west of Osaka Prefecture. This mountain is in the Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park is a Quasi-National Park in Hyōgo Prefecture, Tottori Prefecture, and Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It was founded on 10 April 1969 and has an area of . Overview Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Kokutei Kōen comprises three areas of the Chūgoku Mo .... This mountain is also selected as one of the 100 untrodden areas in Japan. Access * Fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayō, Hyōgo
is a town located in Sayō District, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 15,701 in 6797 households and a population density of 51 persons per km².The total area of the town is . Geography Sayo is located in the southwestern part of Hyōgo Prefecture in the basin along the Sayogawa River in the Chikusa River system. Approximately 80% of the town area is occupied by hills and forests. In the early morning from late autumn to winter, there is often a fog called "Sayo morning fog". Neighbouring municipalities Hyōgo Prefecture * Shisō * Tatsuno * Kamigōri Okayama Prefecture * Bizen * Mimasaka Climate Sayō has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Sayō is 13.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1488 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.9 °C, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Parks Of Japan
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Mount Nagi
, is a mountain located on the border of Chizu, Tottori Prefecture, and Nagi, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The other reading of this mountain's ''kanji'' is Nagisen. This mountain is an important part of Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park, with Mount Hyōno and Mount Ushiro. Outline Mount Nagi is a typical monadnock An inselberg or monadnock () is an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain. In Southern Africa a similar formation of granite is known as a koppie ... in Chūgoku Mountain Range. This mountain is the fourth highest mountain in Okayama Prefecture, and one of Chūgoku 100 mountains. It is estimated as a fault block of old volcano. About the origin of the name of Mount Nagi, there are two stories. One is that this mountain is named so because Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto, who are a couple of the most important gods in Japanese myth, had c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Ushiro
is a mountain on the border of Shisō, Hyōgo Prefecture, and Mimasaka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is the highest mountain in Okayama Prefecture and the third highest mountain in Hyōgo Prefecture, after Mount Hyōno and Mount Mimuro. In Hyōgo Prefecture this mountain is also known as Itabami-san and in Tottori Prefecture it is also known as Ushiro-no-sen. Outline Mount Ushiro is a fault-block mountain typical of the Chūgoku Mountains. This mountain belongs to the Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park. It is one of Hyōgo 50 mountains as well as one of Kinki 100 mountains and the Chūgoku 100 mountains. Religion and history Mount Ushiro is a center of Shugendō in this region, and called Nishi-Omine, literally, ''West Omine''. ''Omine'' is the name of the most important mountain for Shugendō in Japan. According to a local narration in this area{fact}, this mountain was developed as a training area by En no Gyōja, the founder of Shugendō in the 7th c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Mimuro is a mountain on the border of Shisō, Hyōgo Prefecture, and Wakasa, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. The height is {{Convert, 1358.0, m, ft, 0, abbr=on, and this mountains is the second highest mountain in Hyōgo Prefecture after Mount Hyōno. Outline Mount Mimuro is one of the fault-block of mountains typical in Chūgoku Mountains. This mountain belongs to the Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park. This mountain is one of Hyōgo 50 mountains, and also one of Kinki 100 mountains, Chūgoku 100 mountains. Access * Kawachi Bus Stop of Shinki Bus Shinki B |
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