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Mount Haku (Hyōgo)

Mount Haku (Hyōgo)

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For Mount Haku in the Chūbu region, see Mount Haku.

Mount Haku (白山, Haku-san) is a mountain in Nishiwaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. This mountain is one of the Hyōgo 50 Mountains.

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Mount Haku is a mountain in the Chūgoku Mountains. The name Hakusan is from the name of the shrine, "Hakusan Gongen," which was on the top of the mountain. The Hakusan Gongen was a branch of a sect of Shinto, whose center is on the top of Mount Haku with the same name, on the border of Ishikawa, Fukui and Gifu prefectures. Mount Haku was a center of Shugendō in this region, and Sogon-ji on the foot of the mountain was a place for worship to this mountain

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    Geographical Survey Institute map 25000:1 谷川, last access 19 May 2008.
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    Geographical Survey Institute map 25000:1 谷川, last access 19 May 2008.
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