Mount Dogo

This mountain is on the border between Nichinan Town in the southwestern tip of Tottori Prefecture and Shobara City in the northeastern part of Hiroshima Prefecture. It is 1,271 meters above sea level. It is made of granite, and remnants of iron sand mining can be seen scattered on the mountainside. The terrain is a high flat surface called "Noro" in the Chugoku Mountains, and the Hiroshima side is particularly wide, and is used as a pasture for Japanese beef cattle. In early spring, you can enjoy picking bracken. In addition, the large colonies of Japanese deutzia that bloom during the rice planting season and Renge Tsutsuji that cover the entire mountain in June are beautiful. In winter, it becomes a ski resort and there is a JR Yama no Ie station. It belongs to Hiba-Dogo-Taishaku Quasi-National Park.

[Minoru Iwanaga]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

鳥取県南西端の日南(にちなん)町と広島県北東部の庄原(しょうばら)市との境にある山。標高1271メートル。花崗(かこう)岩からなり、山腹にはたたら砂鉄の採取跡が散見される。地形は中国山地の「のろ」とよばれる高位平坦(へいたん)面が広く発達し、広島県側はとくに広く、和牛の放牧場に利用されている。早春にはワラビ狩りが楽しめる。また田植期に開花のタニウツギや6月に全山を覆うレンゲツツジなどの大群落が美しい。冬はスキー場となり、JR山の家がある。比婆(ひば)道後帝釈(たいしゃく)国定公園に属する。

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