is the name of a range of mountains in southeastern

Hyōgo Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and has a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, ...

, Japan.

Outline

There is no single mountain or peak called "Rokkō," although the highest peak of the mountains is called , (literally, ''the highest peak of the Rokkō Mountains'') and the area to the south is known as the Rokkō area. The mountains run approximately east-west from Sumaura Kōen Park in western

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, w ...

to Takarazuka, and the length of the range is about . The highest point is . It also includes Mount Maya,

Mount Kabutoyama {{nihongo, Mount Kabuto, 甲山, Kabuto-yama is a mountain in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan. 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 ...

, Mount Iwahara and Mount Iwakura. Today, the Rokkō mountain area is a centerpiece of a popular sightseeing and hiking area for people in the metropolitan

Kansai region The or the , lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshū. The region includes the prefectures of Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo and Shiga, often also Mie, sometimes Fukui, Tokushima and Tottori. The metr ...

. Mt. Rokkō is a symbol of

as well as

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 ...

History

Arthur Hasketh Groom opened the first golf course in Japan, Kobe Golf Club, on Mt. Rokko in 1903. Mount Rokkō was the first place to introduce rock climbing to the Japanese by Kuzou Fujiki who established the first rock climbing club in Japan in 1924.

Points of interest

Rokkō Alpine Botanical Garden The is a botanical garden located on Mount Rokkō, Kobe, Japan. It is open daily in the warmer months, except some Thursdays; an admission fee is charged. The garden was established in 1933 at an altitude of 865 meters near the peak of Mount ...

* Nunobiki Herb Garden * Nunobiki Falls * * Rokkosan Pasture * Kobe Golf Club
Ashiya Country Club
*

Okuike Okuike ( 奥池)（おくいけ） is a small lake, with adjoining reservoir lake "Okuyama Chosuichi" and surrounding high-class residential area located in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture in Japan. It is close to the major cities of Kobe ...

East Rokko Observatory/Route Cafe

Trivia

For many years, lenses made by the

Minolta was a Japanese manufacturer of cameras, camera accessories, photocopiers, fax machines, and laser printers. Minolta Co., Ltd., which is also known simply as Minolta, was founded in Osaka, Japan, in 1928 as . It made the first integrated autofocu ...

Camera Company were designated as "

Rokkor Rokkor was a brand name used for all Chiyoda Kōgaku Seikō and later Minolta lenses between 1940 and 1980, including a few, which were marketed and sold by other companies like Leica. The name was derived from the name of Rokkō (六甲山), a ...

", named after the mountains near Osaka, where the company was headquartered. The theme song of the Baseball Team

Hanshin Tigers The Hanshin Tigers (Japanese: 阪神タイガース ''Hanshin Taigāsu'') are a Nippon Professional Baseball team playing in the Central League. The team is based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and is owned by Hanshin Electric Railway ...

is named Rokko Oroshi (六甲おろし) and themed after Mt. Rokko.

Access

* Rokkō Sanjō Station of Rokkō Cable Line * Kinenhidai Bus Stop of Hankyu Bus * Hoshi no Eki Station of Maya Cable

Gallery

File:Hotakako01.JPG, Lake Hotaka File:Mikuniike02s1920.jpg, Lake Mikuni File:Rokko garden terrace02s3872.jpg, Rokko Garden Terrace File:Kamakurakyo01.JPG, Kamakura Valley File:Rokko alpine botanical garden04s2816.jpg,

File:FrozenWaterFall1.JPG, Frozen Nanamagari Waterfall File:Kobe Nunobiki Herb Garden08n4272.jpg, Nunobiki Herb Garden File:Odaki, from the Nunobiki Falls.jpg, Nunobiki Falls

References

External links

* Japan-guide.co
Mount Rokkō
* Rokkosan Guide Hous
Mount Rokkō
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