Mount Hongu

Japanese: 本宮山 - ほんぐうさん
Mount Hongu

(1) A mountain in the eastern Mikawa region of Aichi Prefecture. It is 789 meters above sea level and is composed of Ryoke gneiss and mica schist. At the foot of the mountain, in Toyokawa City, is Toga Shrine, the Ichinomiya of Mikawa Province, and at the summit is the inner shrine and Iwakura (Kunimi Rock). It is part of Hongu-san Prefectural Natural Park, and the Hongu-san Skyline runs through it. (2) Hongu-san (293 meters), located in the southern part of Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture, faces Owari Fuji (275 meters), and is famous for the Ishiage Festival, which originates from a story of a comparison of heights. Meiji Village is nearby.

[Gohei Ito]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

(1)愛知県東三河地方にある山。標高789メートル。領家片麻(りょうけへんま)岩、雲母(うんも)片岩よりなる。山麓(ろく)の豊川市(とよかわし)に三河国一宮の砥鹿(とが)神社、山頂に奥宮が祀(まつ)られ磐座(いわくら)(国見岩)がある。本宮山県立自然公園の一部で本宮山スカイラインが通じる。(2)愛知県犬山市南部に位置する本宮山(293メートル)は尾張(おわり)富士(275メートル)と相対し、背比べをしたという故事に由来する石上(いしあげ)祭が有名。近くに明治村がある。

[伊藤郷平]

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