Mount Hyōno

Mountain in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Mount Hyōno is located in Hyōgo Prefecture
Mount Hyōno
Mount Hyōno
On the border of Hyōgo, and Tottori
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Mount Hyōno is located in Tottori Prefecture
Mount Hyōno
Mount Hyōno
Mount Hyōno (Tottori Prefecture)
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Mount Hyōno is located in Japan
Mount Hyōno
Mount Hyōno
Mount Hyōno (Japan)
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CountryJapanPrefecturesHyōgo and TottoriCity/TownYabu and WakasaParent rangeChūgoku MountainsGeologyMountain typeUpheaved submarine volcano

Mount Hyōno (氷ノ山, Hyō-no-sen) is a mountain on the border of Yabu, Hyōgo Prefecture, and Wakasa, Tottori Prefecture, in Japan. It is the highest mountain in Hyōgo Prefecture. This mountain is one of the 200 famous mountains in Japan. Other names of this mountain are Suga-no-sen, Hyō-zan, Hyō-no-yama, Kōri-no-yama.

Outline

Mount Hyōno is estimated as an upheaved submarine volcano which erupted three million years ago with Mount Naki and Torokawa-daira highland. This mountain is the second highest mountain in Chūgoku Mountains, and also the second highest in Honshū west of Osaka Prefecture. This mountain is in the Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park. This mountain is also selected as one of the 100 untrodden areas in Japan.

Access

  • Fukusada Bus Stop of Zentan Bus.
  • Mount Hyōno from northeast
    Mount Hyōno from northeast
  • Mount Hyōno from north
    Mount Hyōno from north
  • A religious object in Mount Hyōno
    A religious object in Mount Hyōno
  • Fudo Waterfall in Mount Hyōno
    Fudo Waterfall in Mount Hyōno
  • A rock on the route to the top of Mount Hyōno from northMount Tanigawa from south
    A rock on the route to the top of Mount Hyōno from northMount Tanigawa from south
  • The top of Mount Hyōno from north
    The top of Mount Hyōno from north
  • Southside view from the top of Mount Hyōno
    Southside view from the top of Mount Hyōno
  • The top of Mount Hyōno
    The top of Mount Hyōno

See also

References

  • Ministry of Environment of Japan
  • Official Home Page of the Geographical Survey Institute in Japan