Mount Mitake (Hyōgo)

Mount Mitake
御嶽
Highest point
Elevation	793.4 m (2,603 ft)
Coordinates	35°7.38′N 135°14.41′E / 35.12300°N 135.24017°E
Naming
Pronunciation	[mitake]
Geography
Location	Sasayama, Hyōgo, Japan
Parent range	Taki Mountains

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, another Shugendo sect of Yamato Province including Mount Omine, all of the temples in the Taki Mountains were burned in 1482.

Gallery

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