Mount Tsurugi (Tokushima)

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Mount Tsurugi
剣山

The Highest Peak of Mt. Tsurugi
Elevation 1954.7 meters
Location On the border of Miyoshi, Mima and Naga, Tokushima, Japan
Range Shikoku Mountains
Coordinates 33°51′N, 135°5′E
Type Upheaval Peneplain

Mount Tsurugi (剣山 Tsurugi-san?) is a 1954.7 meter high mountain on the border of Miyoshi, Mima and Naga in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. This mountain is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains.

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Mount Tsurugi is the second highest mountain in Shikoku Island, and also the second highest mountain west of Mount Haku on the border of Ishikawa and Gifu prefectures.

Mount Tsurugi is an important object of worship in this region and one of the centers of Shugendo, a sect of mixture of Shintoism and Buddhism. On the top of the mountain, there is a small shrine called ‘Tsurugi Jinja’.

The area around Mount Tsurugi is a major part of Tsurugi Quasi-National Park.

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  • Nishijima Stop of Tsurugi Chair Lift

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