, is a mountain located on the border of
Chizu,
Tottori Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Tottori Prefecture is the List of Japanese prefectures by population, least populous prefecture of Japan at 538,525 (2023) and has a geographic area of . ...
, and
Nagi,
Okayama Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,826,059 (1 February 2025) and has a geographic area of 7,114 Square kilometre, km2 (2,746 sq mi). Okayama Prefecture ...
,
Japan
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. The other reading of this mountain's ''
kanji
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'' is Nagisen.
This mountain is an important part of
Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park
is a List of national parks of Japan, Quasi-National Park in Hyōgo Prefecture, Tottori Prefecture, and Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It was founded on 10 April 1969 and has an area of .
Overview
Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Kokutei Kōen comprise ...
, with
Mount Hyōno
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 ...
and
Mount Ushiro.
Outline
Mount Nagi is a typical
monadnock
An inselberg or monadnock ( ) is an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain.
In Southern Africa, a similar formation of granite is known as a koppie, an ...
in Chūgoku Mountain Range. This mountain is the fourth highest mountain in Okayama Prefecture, and one of Chūgoku 100 mountains. It is estimated as a fault block of old volcano.
About the origin of the name of Mount Nagi, there are two stories. One is that this mountain is named so because
Izanagi no Mikoto and
Izanami no Mikoto, who are a couple of the most important gods in Japanese myth, had come down from the heaven to this mountain. The other is because this mountain cried (''naku'' in Japanese) when it was defeated by the height against Mount Ushiro.
With
Mount Taki, west of Mount Nagi, the mountain are around Mount Nagi is said that it was a center of
Shugendo.
Hiking routes
There are three routes to climb up Mount Nagi; however, one of the three is closed because of the forest was destroyed by a typhoon.
Access
*
Koen Bus Stop of
Chutetsu Bus
Gallery
Image:Naginosen2.jpg, Top of Mount Nagisan mountains
Image:Nagisan2.JPG, Mount Takisan from Mount Nagisan
Image:Nagisan3.JPG, Mount Nagisan from the middle of the mountain
Image:Nagisan4.JPG, Nihonbara Plain from Mount Nagisan
References
Official Home Page of the Geographical Survey Institute in Japan
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