Mount Tsurugi (Tokushima)
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| Mount Tsurugi 剣山 |
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 The Highest Peak of Mt. Tsurugi |
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| Elevation | 1954.7 meters |
| Location | On the border of Miyoshi, Mima and Naga, Tokushima, Japan |
| Range | Shikoku Mountains |
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| 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.
[edit] Access
- Nishijima Stop of Tsurugi Chair Lift
[edit] References
- the Geographical Survey Institute in Japan
- Tsurugi Quasi-National Park
- ‘Ishizuchi Shinko Tsurugisan’
 Tsurughi Jinja on the top of Mount Tsurugi |
 A View from the top of Mount Tsurugi |
 A view of the middle of Mount Tsurugi |
 Another view of the middle of Mount Tsurugi |
