Iizuna Plateau

…Mount Iizuna has been famous as a sacred place for Shugendo since the Kamakura period. The foot of the volcano is vast, and between the Iizuna Plateau in the southeast and Mount Togakushi in the northwest, the eroded Togakushi Plateau has developed at an altitude of around 1,000 meters. On the Togakushi Plateau, there are the religious settlements Togakushi Nakasha and Hokosha, which have been established as training centers for Shugendo since ancient times, and form the temple town of Togakushi Shrine. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Iizuna Plateau" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…飯縄山は鎌倉時代以降修験道の霊地としても名高い。火山のすそ野は広大で，南東部に飯縄高原，北西の戸隠山との間に浸食の進んだ戸隠高原が標高1000m内外に発達する。戸隠高原には，古くから修験道道場として開けた宗教集落戸隠中社，宝光社があって，戸隠神社の門前町をなしている。…

※「飯縄高原」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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