Mount Hakkyō

Mount Hakkyō
八経ヶ岳
File:Hakkyo01.JPG Mount Hakkyō (September 2008)
Highest point
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Listing	Ultra List of mountains and hills of Japan by height
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Geography
Mount Hakkyō Japan
Location	Nara, Japan
Parent range	Ōmine Mountains

Mount Hakkyō (八経ヶ岳, Hakkyō-ga-take) is a 1,914.6 m (6,281 ft) mountain of Omine Mountains, which is located on the border of Tenkawa and Kamikitayama, Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture, Japan.

Outline

This mountain is the tallest mountain in Kansai Region including Nara Prefecture. This mountain is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains. The name of this mountain, ‘Hakkyo’, literally means ‘eight Buddhist scriptures’. This name come from the legend, which says a famous En no Gyōja, who is believed as a founder of Shugendo, buried eight Buddhist scriptures on the top of this mountain. This mountain is also called Hakken-zan, literally ‘mountain of eight swords’ or Bukkyō-ga-take, also literally ‘mountain of Buddhist scriptures’. Sometimes, this mountain is mistaken as Mount Omine, however there is no official map which shows this mountain as Omine.

Routes

This mountain has several routes to reach to the top. The easiest route is from Gyojamodori-Tunnel-Nishi-guchi, and it takes about three hours. The traditional route is from Tenkawa-Kawai, it takes about seven hours.

Gallery

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  Mount Hakkyō from south

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  Mount Hakkyo from Mount Misen

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  Mount Misen and Mount Daifugen from Mount Hakkyō

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  Mount Shaka from Mount Hakkyō

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  Top of Mount Hakkyō

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  Mount Ōdaigahara from Mount Hakkyō

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  Mount Daifugen from Mount Hakkyō

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  At the top of Mount Hakkyō

Sources

• Official Home Page of the Geographical Survey Institute in Japan
• Omine, Daitaka, Odaigaharaja:八経ヶ岳