Mount Ushiroyama
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| Mount Ushiroyama 後山 |
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 A View of Mt. Ushiroyama from Mt. Funaki-yama |
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| Elevation | 1344.6 meters |
| Location | On the border of Shiso, Hyōgo and Mimasaka, Okayama in Japan |
| Range | Chūgoku Mountain Range |
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| Type | fault-block |
| Pronunciation | [Ushiro-yama] |
Mount Ushiroyama (後山 Ushiro-yama?) is a mountain on the border of Shiso, Hyōgo and Mimasaka, Okayama in Japan. It is the highest mountain in Okayama Prefecture, and the third highest mountain in Hyōgo Prefecture after Mount Hyono-sen, and Mount Mimuro-yama. Other names of this mountain are Itabami-san, especially from Hyōgo Prefecture, and Ushiro-no-sen, by people in Tottori Prefecture.
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[edit] Outline
Mount Ushiroyama is one of the fault-block of mountains typical in Chūgoku Mountain Range. This mountain belongs to the Hyonosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park. This mountain is one of Hyōgo 50 mountains, and also one of Kinki 100 mountains, Chūgoku 100 mountains.
[edit] Religion and History
Mount Ushiroyama is a center of Shugendo in this region, and called Nishi-Omine, literally, west Omine. Omine is the name of the most important mountain for Japanese Shugendo. According to a local narration in this area, this mountain was developed as a training area by En no Gyōja, the founder of Shugendo in the 7th century, for Shugensha, practitioners of Shigendo. However, Dosen-ji temple, which is the center for the Shugendo in this mountain, was established in the 13th century, so it would be natural to understand Shugendo in this mountain also started around the century. Mount Ushiroyama is one of the mountains which still have some area in which women are prohibited to enter not to bother the training of Shugensha.
[edit] Access
- Matsunoki-Bashi Bus Stop of Shinki Bus
- Omarabad Stop of Shinki Bus
