Mount Mitake (Hyōgo)

Mount Mitake
御嶽
Elevation	793.4 m (2,603 ft)
Pronunciation	[mitake]
Location
Location	Sasayama, Hyōgo, Japan
Range	Taki Mountains
Coordinates	35°7.38′N 135°14.41′E / 35.123°N 135.24017°E / 35.123; 135.24017

The mountains around Mitake

Mount Mitake (御嶽, Mitake^?) is a 793 m (2,602 ft) high Japanese mountain located around 50 km (31 mi) north of Kobe in Hyōgo Prefecture. It should not be confused with Mount Mitake, a mountain in Tokyo, or Mount Ontake in Nagano Prefecture written with the same characters. This mountain is one of the 50 famous mountains in Hyōgo Prefecture.

History

Mount Mitake is the highest mountain in the Taki Mountains, including Mount Nishigatake and Mount Koganegadake. The Taki Mountains were one of the most holiest places for shugendo from Kamakura period to Muromachi period. However, Tamba Shugendo, a sect of Shugendo in Tamba Province, lost against Yamato Shugendo, aother Shugendo sect of Yamato Province including Mount Omine, all of the temples in the Taki Mountains were burned in 1482.

ギャラリー

Aizen-kutsu   The God of Love in the cave(Rāgarāja).   Nisshi-no-nozoki   The mountains around Mitake   Sasayama city

References

• Natural Parks of Hyōgo Prefecture
• Official Home Page of the Geographical Survey Institute in Japan