Mount Hakkyogatake

Trail description

Hakkyogatake, 1,915 m, is the highest peak of Nara prefecture and the Kinki region, the main summit of the Omine range. This route follows the Omine Okugake pilgrim trail from the Gyojagaeri tunnel past Mount Misen to the summit. The primeval forest of Shirabe fir and spruce on the mountain is a national natural monument and part of the World Heritage site of the Kii mountain pilgrimage routes. En no Gyoja is said to have buried eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra here.

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