Mount Hyōno

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.

Mount Hyōno
氷ノ山
A View of Mt. Hyōno
Highest point
Elevation	1,509.6 m (4,953 ft)
Listing	Mountains of Japan
Coordinates	35°21′14″N 134°30′49″E
Naming
Language of name	Japanese
Pronunciation	[çjoːnoseɴ]
Geography
Mount Hyōno On the border of Hyōgo, and Tottori Show map of Hyōgo Prefecture Mount Hyōno Mount Hyōno (Tottori Prefecture) Show map of Tottori Prefecture Mount Hyōno Mount Hyōno (Japan) Show map of Japan
Country	Japan
Prefectures	Hyōgo and Tottori
City/Town	Yabu and Wakasa
Parent range	Chūgoku Mountains
Geology
Mountain type	Upheaved submarine volcano

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.

Gallery

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

See also

• The 100 Views of Nature in Kansai

References

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