is a mountain on the border of
Yabu,
Hyōgo Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to th ...
, and
Wakasa,
Tottori Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Tottori Prefecture is the List of Japanese prefectures by population, least populous prefecture of Japan at 538,525 (2023) and has a geographic area of . ...
, in
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
. 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 three million years ago with
Mount Naki and
Torokawa-daira highland. This mountain is the second highest mountain in
Chūgoku Mountains, and also the second highest in
Honshū
, historically known as , is the largest of the four main islands of Japan. It lies between the Pacific Ocean (east) and the Sea of Japan (west). It is the seventh-largest island in the world, and the second-most populous after the Indonesian ...
west of
Osaka Prefecture
is a 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 to the north, Nara ...
. 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
References
Ministry of Environment of JapanOfficial Home Page of the Geographical Survey Institute in Japan
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Mountains of Hyōgo Prefecture
Mountains of Tottori Prefecture
Volcanoes of Tottori Prefecture