is a mountain in
ÅŒtsu
270px, ÅŒtsu City Hall
is the capital city of Shiga Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 343,991 in 153,458 households and a population density of 740 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
History
ÅŒtsu is ...
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Shiga Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan in the Kansai region of Honshu. Shiga Prefecture has a population of 1,398,972 as of 1 February 2025 and has a geographic area of . Shiga Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the north, Gifu Prefecture to th ...
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
. This mountain is one of the
200 famous mountains in Japan and also one of the
Kinki 100 mountains.
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Outline
Mount Bunagatake is the highest mountain of
Hira Mountains
The are a mountain range to the west of Lake Biwa on the border of Shiga Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The range runs north to south. It is narrowest in the southern part of the range, running east to west, and broadest at the north ...
. Hira mountains consist of three parts,
Oku-Hira,
Kita-Hira and
Minami-Hira, literally, ‘Deep Hira’, ‘North Hira’, and ‘South Hira’. Mount Bunagatake belongs to Oku-Hira, and on the Mesozoic strata as other mountains of Oku-Hira.
This mountain is also a part of Biwako Quasi-National Park, and visitors can enjoy the almost 360 degree panorama view from the top.
Access
From
Hira Station to the middle of this mountain,
Hira Chair Lift, which was made in 1960, and
Hira Ropeway opened in 1961, connected until 2004 with a Bus route by
Kojyaku Bus. However the chair lift and the ropeway were removed in 2004, and the Bus route was also discontinued after that.
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Hira Station of
Kosei Line
The is a commuter rail line in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto, Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The line was completed in 1974 by the former Japanese National Railways (JNR) to provide faster access from t ...
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Bomura Bus Stop of
Kyoto Bus
Image gallery
Image:bunagatake1.jpg, Top of Mount Bunagatake
Image:bunagatake2.jpg, West view from the top
Image:bunagatake3.jpg, A view of the middle of the mountain
References
the Geographical Survey Institute in Japan‘Hirasankei Bunagatake’
External links
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Mountains of Shiga Prefecture
ÅŒtsu