Mount Hōken

Overview

Mount Hōken is a 2,931-metre peak in the Kiso Mountains, also known as the Central Alps, in Nagano Prefecture. Rising just south of Mount Kisokoma, it appears as a large rocky peak when viewed from the Senjōjiki Cirque at its eastern foot, and is counted among the representative scenes of the Central Alps. It is known as a steep, sharp rock peak.

Highlights

• ●A 2,931-metre rock peak representative of the Central Alps
• ●Views from the Senjōjiki Cirque spreading at the eastern foot
• ●The Senjōjiki Cirque, ranked among Japan's notable cirques, with its alpine flower fields
• ●The main ridge extending south past the snow patterns toward Mount Utsugi

History

The mountain has long been an object of religious mountain worship. In 1795 (Kansei 7), Komachiya Bungorō and Karaki Gorōemon from the foothill village of Miyada dedicated a statue of Fudō-son at the summit. A record from the eighth year of the Tenpō era describes the grassy plain on its eastern side as Komagaihara, or Senjōjiki.

Map

35.7814, 137.8092 · Wikidata

Suggested itinerary

1. 1Reach the Senjōjiki Cirque and take in the glacial cirque terrain and flower fields
2. 2View Mount Hōken standing as a large rock peak from the cirque
3. 3Continue toward the Gokurakudaira area and locate the Shimada-musume snow pattern
4. 4Take in the Central Alps panorama where the main ridge continues to Mount Utsugi

Did you know?

💡 A record from the eighth year of the Tenpō era notes that Mount Hōken was also written as Shakujō-dake.

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