Mount Kasagata | |
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笠形山 | |
Mount Kasagata from Ōya, Taka (April 2009) | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 939.4 m (3,082 ft) |
Listing | List of mountains and hills of Japan by height |
Coordinates | 35°3′51″N134°50′5″E / 35.06417°N 134.83472°E |
Naming | |
Pronunciation | [kasaɡatajama] |
Geography | |
Location | Taka and Kamikawa, Hyōgo, Japan |
Parent range | Chūgoku Mountains |
Geology | |
Mountain type | fault-block |
Mount Kasagata(笠形山 Kasagata-yama) is a 939.4 m (3,082 ft) mountain in the Chūgoku Mountains, located on the border of Taka and Kamikawa, Hyōgo, Japan. This mountain is one of Hyōgo 50 mountains. This mountain is an important center of Kasagatayama-Sengamine Prefectural Natural Park.
Chūgoku Mountains is a mountain range in the Chūgoku region of western Japan. It runs in an east-west direction and stretches approximately 500 km (311 mi) from Hyōgo Prefecture in the east to the coast of Yamaguchi Prefecture. The range also reaches under the Pacific Ocean.
Taka is a town in Taka District, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Hyōgo Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region on Honshu island. The capital of Hyogo is Kobe.
Mount Kasagata is a typical fault-block mountain in this area. The name comes from the fact that the shape of the mountain is like an umbrella ('Kasa' in Japanese)..
There are three major routes to the top of this mountain. The most popular route is from Seka, Ichikawa. It takes one hour. Another route is from Mitani route and Iwazashin route start from Kadokura Bus Stop of Shinki Bus. It takes about two and half hours. The other routes are from Ōya, Taka and Miyono, Kamikawa.,
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