Mount Iino

A mountain in the north-central part of Kagawa Prefecture, forming the border between Sakaide City and Marugame City. Its shape is conical and it is also called Sanuki Fuji. It is an isolated peak that juts out from the Sanuki Plain, and can be seen from all sides, forming a single point of the Sanuki Plain, which is called a "miniature garden". It is 422 meters above sea level. It is an eroded hill called a butte, with pyroxene andesite resting on the granite base. It is often written about in poems, and Saigyo is said to have written, "In Sanuki, there is not a day without the morning smoke rising from this mountain, which is called Fuji." Many fruit trees such as peaches and grapes are cultivated at the foot of the mountain, and the peach blossom season is beautiful. There is a Yakushido temple on the summit. It belongs to the Setonaikai National Park. The foot of the mountain has recently been developed into a residential area.

[Michihiko Inada]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

香川県中北部、坂出(さかいで)市と丸亀市の境をなす山。山容は円錐(えんすい)型で讃岐富士(さぬきふじ)ともいう。讃岐平野に突出する独立峰で、その姿を四方から眺めることができ、「箱庭」といわれる讃岐平野の一点景をなす。標高422メートル。ビュートといわれる侵食残丘で、基層をなす花崗(かこう)岩の上に輝石安山岩がのっている。歌にも多く詠まれ、西行(さいぎょう)は「讃岐にはこれをや富士といいの山朝げの煙たたぬ日もなし」と詠んだと伝える。山麓(さんろく)にはモモ、ブドウなどの果樹が多く栽培され、モモの開花期は美しい。山頂には薬師堂がある。瀬戸内海国立公園に属する。裾野(すその)は最近住宅地化が進みつつある。

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