Back mountain

Japanese: 後山 - うしろやま

A mountain in the eastern part of the Chugoku Mountains, on the border between Mimasaka City, Okayama Prefecture and Shiso City, Hyōgo Prefecture. It is 1,344 meters above sea level and the highest peak in Okayama Prefecture. There is a sacred site here that is said to have been established by En no Ozunu. Every year on September 7th, a large Saito Goma ceremony is held, during which many believers, led by mountain priests, gather water in the valley stream and perform ascetic practices at 49 training sites. Until the mid-Edo period, only ascetic monks were allowed to enter the mountain, but it gradually became a place of popular faith. However, women are still not allowed to enter, although they are allowed to climb up to the women's hall halfway up the mountain. There are natural forests of cedar, maple, and beech trees in the surrounding area, and it is part of the Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park.

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Japanese:

岡山県美作市と兵庫県宍粟市の境，中国山地の東部にある山。標高 1344m。岡山県の最高峰。ここには役小角 (えんのおづぬ) が開いたという霊場がある。毎年9月7日には柴灯 (さいとう) 護摩の大法要が営まれ，多くの信者が山伏に先導されて谷川で水ごりをとり 49ヵ所の行場で行をする。江戸時代中期まで入山者は修験者にかぎられていたが，しだいに大衆信仰の場となった。しかし，現在も女人禁制で，女性は中腹の女人堂までの登山が許されている。付近はスギ，カエデ，ブナなどの天然林があり，氷ノ山後山那岐山国定公園に属する。

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