Mount Nara

A low mountain range that runs east to west in the northern part of Nara Prefecture, north of the Nara Basin, on the border between Nara City and Kizugawa City in Kyoto Prefecture. It is also written as Heijo-san or Nara-san, and is often written about in ancient poems such as the Manyoshu. There are many ancient tombs. Currently, the eastern half of the hills north of Nara City are called the Saho Hills, and the western half of the hills north of the Heijo-kyo ruins are called the Saki Hills. In ancient times, the Narasaka Pass in the east and the Utahime Pass in the west connected Nara to Kyoto, and now National Route 24, the Kansai Main Line, and the Kintetsu Railway Kyoto Line pass through the area. After the construction of Nara Dreamland (opened in 1961, closed in 2006), residential development progressed, and Heijo-Soraku New Town was created by the Urban Development Corporation (now the Urban Renaissance Agency).

[Ichiro Kikuchi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

奈良県北部、奈良盆地の北方、奈良市と京都府木津川(きづがわ)市との境界を東西に走る低山性丘陵。平城山、那羅山などとも書き、『万葉集』など古歌によく詠まれている。古墳も多い。現在、東半の奈良市街地北側の丘陵を佐保丘陵、西半の平城(へいじょう)京跡北側の丘陵を佐紀丘陵とよぶ。古代、京都との間に東の奈良坂越え、西の歌姫越えがあり、いまは国道24号、関西本線、近畿日本鉄道京都線などが通じる。奈良ドリームランド（1961年開園、2006年閉園）建設後は宅地開発が進み、都市基盤整備公団（現、都市再生機構）によって平城・相楽ニュータウンが造成された。

［菊地一郎］

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