Mount Ishizuchi
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| Mount Ishizuchi 石鎚山 |
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 The Highest Peak of Mt. Ishizuchi |
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| Elevation | 1982 meters |
| Location | On the border of Saijo and Kumakogen, Ehime, Japan |
| Range | Shikoku Mountains |
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| Type | Ruins of old volcano |
| Last eruption | 15,000,000 years ago |
Mount Ishizuchi (石鎚山 Ishizuchi-san?) is a 1982 meter high mountain on the border of Saijo and Kumakogen, in Ehime, Japan. This mountain is one of the 100 famous mountains in Japan.
[edit] Outline
Mount Ishizuchi is the highest mountain on the island of Shikoku and also highest mountain west of Mount Haku on the border of Ishikawa and Gifu prefectures.
Mount Ishizuchi is well-known as an important object of worship in this region and one of the major centers of Shugendo, a sect of mixture of Shintoism and Buddhism. On the top of the mountain, there is a small shrine called ‘Ishizuchi Jinja’. This mountain is also known as one of Seven Holy Mountains, or ‘Nana-Reizan’’.
The area around Mount Ishizuchi is a major part of Ishizuchi Quasi-National Park.
[edit] Access
- Sanchojoju Station of Ishizuchi Ropeway
- Ishizuchi Tsuchigoya Bus Stop of Iyotetsu Bus
[edit] References
- the Geographical Survey Institute in Japan
- Ishizuchi Quasi-National Park
- ‘Yama to Shinko: Ishizuchisan’
 Mount Ishizuchi from South |
 Top of Mount Ishizuchi |
 A view of the middle of the mountain |
 A stone wall of the mountain |
