is a mountain on the border of
Yabu,
Hyōgo Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and has a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, an ...
, and
Wakasa,
Tottori Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Tottori Prefecture is the least populous prefecture of Japan at 570,569 (2016) and has a geographic area of . Tottori Prefecture borders Shimane Prefecture to the west, Hirosh ...
, in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. 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
is a mountain range in the Chūgoku region of western Japan. It runs in an east–west direction and stretches approximately from Hyōgo Prefecture in the east to the coast of Yamaguchi Prefecture. The range also reaches under the Pacific Ocean ...
, and also the second highest in
Honshū
, historically called , is the largest and most populous island of Japan. It is located south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyūshū across the Kanmon Straits. The island separa ...
west of
Osaka Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture ...
. This mountain is in the
Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park. This mountain is also selected as one of the 100 untrodden areas in Japan.
Access
* Fukusada Bus Stop of Zentan Bus.
Gallery
Image:Hyonosen01s1600.jpg, Mount Hyōno from northeast
Image:Hyonosen03.JPG, Mount Hyōno from north
Image:Hyonosen04.JPG, A religious object in Mount Hyōno
Image:Hyonosen01.JPG, Fudo Waterfall in Mount Hyōno
Image:Hyonosen06.JPG, A rock on the route to the top of Mount Hyōno from northMount Tanigawa from south
Image:Hyonosen07.JPG, The top of Mount Hyōno from north
Image:Hyonosen08.JPG, Southside view from the top of Mount Hyōno
Image:Hyonosen10.JPG, The top of Mount Hyōno
See also
*
The 100 Views of Nature in Kansai This is a list of 100 views of nature decided upon by the "Kansai Global Environment Forum" in Japan for their natural beauty, history and cultural significance.
Summary
See also
* List of Historic Sites of Japan (Ōsaka)
References
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References
Ministry of Environment of JapanOfficial Home Page of the Geographical Survey Institute in Japan
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