is a mountain in Nishiwaki,

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. This mountain is one of the Hyōgo 50 Mountains.

Outline

Mount Haku is a mountain in the

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. The name ''Hakusan'' is from the name of the shrine, " Hakusan Gongen," which was on the top of the mountain. The Hakusan

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was a branch of a sect of Shinto, whose center is on the top of

Mount Haku , or Mount Hakusan (commonly referred to as simply Hakusan), is a dormant stratovolcano in Japan. It is located on the borders of Gifu and Ishikawa, on the island of Honshu. Mount Haku is thought to have first been active 300,000 to 400,000 y ...

with the same name, on the border of Ishikawa, Fukui and

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prefectures. Mount Haku was a center of

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in this region, and Sogon-ji on the foot of the mountain was a place for worship to this mountain

Access

* Honkuroda Station of JR West Kakogawa Line

References

Official Home Page of the Geographical Survey Institute in Japan
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