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Mount Haku (Hyōgo)
is a mountain in Nishiwaki, Hyogo, Nishiwaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. This mountain is one of the Hyōgo 50 Mountains. Outline Mount Haku is a mountain in the Chūgoku Mountains. The name ''Hakusan'' is from the name of the shrine, "Hakusan Gongen," which was on the top of the mountain. The Hakusan Gongen was a branch of a sect of Shinto, whose center is on the top of Mount Haku with the same name, on the border of Ishikawa Prefecture, Ishikawa, Fukui Prefecture, Fukui and Gifu Prefecture, Gifu prefectures. Mount Haku was a center of Shugendō in this region, and Sogon-ji on the foot of the mountain was a place for worship to this mountain Access *Honkuroda Station of Kakogawa Line, JR West Kakogawa Line References Official Home Page of the Geographical Survey Institute in Japan {{DEFAULTSORT:Mount Haku (Hyogo) Mountains of Hyōgo Prefecture, Haku Shugendō ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chūbu Region
The , Central region, or is a region in the middle of Honshū, Japan's main island. In a wide, classical definition, it encompasses nine prefectures (''ken''): Aichi, Fukui, Gifu, Ishikawa, Nagano, Niigata, Shizuoka, Toyama, and Yamanashi. It is located directly between the Kantō region and the Kansai region and includes the major city of Nagoya as well as Pacific Ocean and Sea of Japan coastlines, extensive mountain resorts, and Mount Fuji. The region is the widest part of Honshū and the central part is characterized by high, rugged mountains. The Japanese Alps divide the country into the Pacific side, sunny in winter, and the Sea of Japan side, snowy in winter. Although Mie is part of Kinki/Kansai/Western Japan in traditional geographical regional divisions, Northern Mie is part of the metropolitan area around Nagoya, and Mie is in many practical contexts considered to be part of Tōkai/Chūbu/Central Japan. Including Mie, Chūbu had a population of 23,010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
