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. It is located in the east end of the Rokko Mountains, and the height is 309.2m.

Outline

Mount Kabuto is a famous picnic spot in the Kansai metropolitan area. It is a monadnock of an

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that was estimated to have last erupted about 12,000,000 years ago. This mountain is in the Kabutoyama Forest Park.

History

The mountain is shaped like a helmet, 'kabuto' in Japanese. It has a long history as an object of worship by people around the mountain. Kanno-ji in the middle of the mountain is the place of worship of the mountain. According to Japanese myth, it is understood that because

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buried her helmet when she went to subjugate

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, this mountain was named 'Kabutoyama', literally "helmet mountain."

Access

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of Hankyū Imazu Line *

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Gallery

Image:Hyogo prefectural Kabutoyama Forest Park01bs4592.jpg, Mount Kabuto from Kabutoyama Forest Park (1) (6/2010) Image:Kabutoyama01.JPG, Mount Kabuto from Kabutoyama Forest Park (2) (4/2009) Image:Kabutoyama02.JPG, The top of Mount Kasagata (4/2009) Image:Kabutoyama05.JPG, A view at the top of Mount Kabuto (1) (4/2009) Image:Kabutoyama03.JPG, An object of Kabutoyama Forest Park (4/2009) Image:Kabutoyama04.JPG, Religious Objects in Mount Kabuto (4/2009) Image:Kabutoyama06.JPG, An entrance to Mount Kabuto (4/2009) Image:Kabutoyama07.JPG, Osaka Plain from Kabutoyama Forest Park (4/2009) Image:Kabutoyama08.JPG, Kanno-ji temple, place for worship of Mount Kabuto (4/2009) Image:Kabutoyama09.JPG, Mount Kabuto from Bentenike Pond (5/2007)

References

Nishinomiya Tourist Bureau

Kabutoyama Forest Park

Official Home Page of the Geographical Survey Institute in Japan
Kabutoyama Inselbergs of Asia