Kinpokusan

Japanese: 金北山 - きんぽくさん

Located in the O-Sado Mountains in the western part of Sado Island, western Niigata Prefecture, this mountain is the highest point on Sado Island. It is 1,172m above sea level. It is mainly composed of Neogene tuff, shale, and volcanic rocks, with the upper part being andesite. It has a magnificent view of the entire island and the Niigata Plain. On the top of the mountain is Kinpokuyama Shrine, the guardian deity of Sado Province, and there was once a custom of worshipping the shrine as "Hatsu-Miyama." After the development of the Sado mines, it was highly revered by the Edo Shogunate, and the shrine buildings were also renovated by the magistrate's office. Cattle and horses are grazed on the flat land on the mountainside, and rhododendrons grow in clusters on the mountaintop. It belongs to the Sado-Yahiko-Yoneyama Quasi-National Park.

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Japanese:

新潟県西部，佐渡島西部，大佐渡山地にある佐渡島最高点の山。標高 1172m。新第三紀の凝灰岩，頁岩，火山岩が主体で，上部は安山岩。眺望雄大で，全島をはじめ新潟平野が望まれる。山上には佐渡国の総鎮守の金北山神社があり，かつて「初御山」の習慣があった。佐渡鉱山開発後は江戸幕府の尊崇もあつく，社殿の改築も奉行所によって行なわれた。山腹の平坦地ではウシ，ウマの放牧が行なわれ，山上にはシャクナゲが群生する。佐渡弥彦米山国定公園に属する。

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