Mount Mitake (Hyogo)
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| Mount Mitake 御嶽 |
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| Elevation | 793.4 metres |
| Location | Sasayama, Hyōgo, Japan |
| Range | Taki Mountains |
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| Pronunciation | [Mitake] |
Mount Mitake (御嶽 Mitake?) is a 793 metre high Japanese mountain located around 50 km 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.
[edit] History
Mount Mitake is the highest mountain in the Taki Mountains, including Mount Nishigatake and Mount Koganegadake. 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.
