Mount Hakusan

Japanese: 白山 - はくさん

A volcano that stands on the border between Ishikawa and Gifu prefectures. It is an active volcano that is constantly under observation. It is the center of the Ryohaku mountain range. On top of the Mesozoic bedrock at a depth of about 2000m, Gozenmine (2702m), Oonamimine (2684m), and Kengamine (2677m) erupted, and Hakusan is the collective name for these. It is sometimes called the Five Peaks of Hakusan, including Betsuyama and Sannomine to the south. There are crater lakes such as Senjagaike and Midorigaike at the summit, and Midagahara formed by lava to the south. It is surrounded by old volcanoes such as Dainichigatake and Kyogatake, which straddle the three prefectures of Ishikawa, Fukui, and Gifu, as well as Dainichiyama and Tomuroyama, which are from the same era. Hakusan is said to have been the last of the volcanic formations in the Hakusan volcanic system. It is said to have been founded by the monk Taicho in the Nara period, and is known as a sacred mountain site along with Mt. Fuji and Mt. Tateyama. Pilgrimage routes have been opened to attract worshippers from Kaga, Echizen, and Mino. It also appears in poetry as "Echigo no Shirayama." Since the Meiji period, it has been the property of Hakusan Hime Shrine, and an inner shrine is located at the summit. The mountainside is rich in Mesozoic plant fossils and silicified wood, and it has been designated a national natural monument as a "silicified wood producing area in the Tedori River basin." There are many hot springs, and the Iwama Fountain Towers, a national special natural monument, are located upstream of the Ozoe River, a tributary of the Tedori River. Asiatic black bears, Japanese serows, Japanese macaques, golden eagles, and ptarmigans live here, and there are natural beech forests, black lily colonies, and a variety of alpine plants named after Hakusan. It belongs to Hakusan National Park.

Hakusan

A former town area in central Tsu City, central Mie Prefecture. It is located at the southeastern foot of the Nunobiki Mountains. In 1955, Ieki Town and the four villages of Kawaguchi, Omi, Yamato, and Yatsuyama merged to form Hakusan Town. In 2006, it merged with two cities, five towns, and two villages - Tsu City, Hisai City, Kawage Town, Geino Town, Misato Village, Ano Town, Karasu Town, Ichishi Town, and Misugi Village - to form Tsu City. The town's name comes from the local deity, Hakusan Shrine. Most of the area is mountainous, but the flat land in the middle reaches of the Kumozu River is a producer of sake rice called Ichishi rice. Beef cattle are also raised here. Ieki, the central area, is the entrance to the Ieki Line, a valley upstream of the Kumozu River. There are Shiroyamahime Shrine, Joganji Temple (which has the Amitabha Buddha statue, a national important cultural property), and Jofukuji Temple (which has the wooden standing Thousand-Armed Kannon statue, a national important cultural property). There are many golf courses in the eastern part of the prefecture, and the Aoyama Plateau in the northwest is home to villas and the Nike Air Base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. The entire area is part of the Muro-Akame-Aoyama Quasi-National Park.

Hakusan

This educational and residential area is located in the center of Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo. It occupies the Hakusan Plateau, which is part of the Yamate Plateau, and was the site of a samurai residence during the Edo period. The site of the Koishikawa Botanical Garden, a medicinal herb garden of the Edo Shogunate, is now the Koishikawa Botanical Garden, and thousands of species of plants are collected on the vast grounds. Other attractions include Toyo University and Hakusan Shrine, from which the area takes its name. Hakusan Station on the Toei Mita Line is located here.

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Japanese:

石川県，岐阜県の県境にそびえる火山。活火山で，常時観測火山。両白山地の中心をなす。約 2000mの中生代の基盤上に御前峰（2702m），大汝峰（2684m），剣ヶ峰（2677m）が噴出し，白山はその総称。南方の別山，三ノ峰を加え白山五峰と称されることもある。山頂部に千蛇ヶ池，翠ヶ池などの火口湖があり，南に溶岩によって形成された弥陀ヶ原がある。周囲には石川県，福井県，岐阜県の 3県をまたぐ大日ヶ岳，経ヶ岳などの古い火山と，同時代の大日山，戸室山などがあり，これら白山火山系の火山形成の最後に白山が誕生したとされている。奈良時代の僧泰澄が開山したと伝えられ，富士山，立山とともに山岳霊場としても知られ，加賀，越前，美濃から参詣道が開かれて参拝者を集めてきた。「越の白山（しらやま）」として詩歌にも登場する。明治期から白山比咩神社の社領となり，山頂に奥宮がある。山腹には中生代の植物化石が豊富でケイ化木群が見られ，「手取川流域の珪化木産地」として国の天然記念物に指定されている。温泉が多く，手取川支流の尾添川の上流に国の特別天然記念物「岩間の噴泉塔群」がある。ツキノワグマ，ニホンカモシカ，ニホンザル，イヌワシ，ライチョウなどが生息し，ブナの天然林，クロユリの群落やハクサンの名を冠する多種の高山植物が見られる。白山国立公園に属する。

白山
はくさん

三重県中部，津市中部にある旧町域。布引山地南東麓にある。 1955年家城町と川口村，大三村，倭村，八ツ山村の4村が合体して白山町が成立。 2006年津市，久居市，河芸町，芸濃町，美里村，安濃町，香良洲町，一志町，美杉村の2市5町2村と合体，津市となった。地名は氏神の白山神社にちなむ。大部分は山地だが，雲出川中流域の平地は一志米と呼ばれる酒米の産地。肉牛飼育も行なわれる。中心地区の家城 (いえき) は雲出川上流の渓谷，家城ラインへの入口。白山比咩神社 (しろやまひめじんじゃ) ，成願寺 (国の重要文化財の阿弥陀如来倚像などを所蔵) ，常福寺 (国の重要文化財の木造千手観音立像を所蔵) などがある。東部にはゴルフ場が多く，北西部は青山高原で別荘地や航空自衛隊ナイキ基地などがあり，一帯は室生赤目青山国定公園に属する。