Hōrai Valley

Hōrai Valley

in Japan. The name of Hōrai Valley coming from a name of the mountain in a mystical land found in Chinese mythology.

Outlline

Horai Valley is a typical ‘Badland' along Ōtada River in the Rokkō Mountains. It is said that there is no so many typical bad land as Hōrai Valley. The valley is made from granite and the stones are soft enough to be broken by hands of climbers. Many climbers and tourists are attracted by the unique sights just not far from down town of Osaka or Kobe.

Hōrai Valley is made of two parts. The lower part, Hōrai Valley in narrow meaning’, and the upper part, Oku-Horai Valley, or Deep Hōrai Valley.

Access

*Shirube Iwa Bus stop or Zatodani Bus stop of Hankyu Bus.

Gallery

ee also

* Kamakura Valley

References

* [http://watchizu.gsi.go.jp/ Official Home Page of the Geographical Survey Institute in Japan]
* [http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4635022501 Rokkosan, Yama to Keikosha, 2007]


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