is a mountain in

Kobe Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, whic ...

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, Japan. This mountain is one of the major peaks of the Rokkō Mountains, and is the most popular peak for visitors on the West-Rokkō Mountains.

Outline

Mount Maya is one of the two centers in Rokko Mountains for tourists. Mount Maya has a link from the foot of the mountain to the top. Those are Maya Cableway and

Maya Ropeway The is Japanese aerial lift line in Kōbe, Hyōgo, operated by Kōbe City Urban Development. Together with Maya Cablecar, the line has an official nickname . Opened in 1955, the line climbs Mount Maya, with a scenic view of the city known as Kik ...

. This mountain has also easy access to the foot through Okumaya Driveway. Mount Maya area was linked to the Kinenhidai area and the top of Mount Rokko by bus. This mountain is a part of

Setonaikai National Park is a Japanese national park, comprising areas of Japan's Seto Inland Sea, and of ten bordering prefectures. Designated a national park in 1934, it has since been expanded several times. It contains about 3,000 islands, known as the Setouchi ...

, and famous for the view from the mountain. Especially from

Kikuseidai is a view point and a park just aside of the top of Maya-san in Kobe, Japan. It has one of the Three Major Night Views of Japan called ''ten million dollar'' night views. Outline Kikuseidai is located at about 700 meters above the sea lev ...

, a park just aside of the top of the mountain, visitor can see all over

Osaka Bay Osaka Bay (大阪湾 ''Ōsaka-wan'' ) is a bay in western Japan. As an eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea, it is separated from the Pacific Ocean by the Kii Channel and from the neighbor western part of the Inland Sea by the Akashi Strait. ...

area including, Kobe,

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Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...

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, and two major

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s in this area,

Kansai International Airport Kansai International Airport ( ja, 関西国際空港, Kansai Kokusai Kūkō) commonly known as is the primary international airport in the Greater Osaka Area of Japan and the closest international airport to the cities of Osaka, Kyoto, and K ...

and

Kobe Airport is an airport on an artificial island just off the coast of Kobe, south of Sannomiya StationAIS Japan
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and

Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. It became the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hidden Christian Sites in the ...

History

The history of Mount Maya is closely linked to that of Tenjō-ji temple. Tenjo-ji temple was said to be established in 646 by High Monk Hodo, at the

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's behest. In the 8th century, another High Monk Kobo brought back a statue of

Maya Maya may refer to: Civilizations * Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America ** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples ** Maya language, the languages of the Maya peoples * Maya (Ethiopia), a populat ...

, the mother of

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, from ancient

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, and dedicated it to this

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. The name of this mountain has its origin in this story. Tenjo-ji was an influential temple for a long time, but the original temple which was located very near to the top of the mountain was burned by a

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in 1975. The temple has been reestablished at a northern and higher place from the original. The present day statue of Maya (mother of Buddha) was sculpted in Jaipur in India and was donated by an Indian resident of Kobe as part of the temple's restorative efforts in 1976.

Access

There are a lot of ways to reach to the peak of the mountain. These routes are by cableway and rope way: * Maya Cable Shita – (

Maya Cable The Maya Cablecar, officially the is a Japanese funicular line in Kobe, Hyōgo, operated by the public company Kōbe City Urban Development. The line opened in 1925, originally as a route to Tōri Tenjō-ji temple on Mount Maya. Now the line ...

) - Niji no Eki – (

) – Hoshi no Eki * Rokko Cable Shita – (

Rokko Cableway The is a Japanese funicular line on Mount Rokkō in Kobe, Hyōgo. It is the only railway line operates, while it also operates bus lines. The line opened in 1932. The line's two stations differ in elevation by . See also *List of funicular ...

) – Rokko Sanjo – (Rokko Maya Sky-Shuttle Bus) – Mount Maya * Kitano Itchome - ( Shinkobe Ropeway) – Nunobiki Hurb Garden – (Walk) – Mount Maya *

Shin-Kobe Station is a railway station on the San'yō Shinkansen and the Seishin-Yamate Line serving the city of Kobe, Japan, and the surrounding area. It is located to the north of Kobe city centre, at the foot of Mount Rokkō. The Shinkansen trains mostly run ...

– (Walk: Kyumayado - Gakko Rindo - Tengumichi) – Mount Maya * Maya Cable Shita – (Walk: Uenomichi) – Mount Maya Kikuseidai_daytime_panorama

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