Mt. Kawai - Enonoke

Japanese: 可愛岳 - えのだけ
Mt. Kawai - Enonoke

A mountain in Nobeoka City, northern Miyazaki Prefecture. It is 728 meters above sea level. Its steep granite porphyry form forms a mountain chain with Mukabakiyama to the west, separated by the valley of the Hohri River. This dyke was formed with the intrusion of Ookueyama granite to the west, and Kawai-dake is located at its eastern end. There is a hokoiwa rock at the summit, which is said to be a menhir from the Yayoi period. There is a circular burial mound in Tawarano on the eastern foot of the mountain, and it has been under the management of the Imperial Household Agency since 1895 (Meiji 28) as the legendary site of Ninigi-no-mikoto's tomb. It is also known as one of the fiercest battlefields of the Seinan War, when the defeated Satsuma army escaped from Takachiho to Kagoshima by crossing the steep Kawai-dake mountain. In Tawarano, there is the Saigo Takamori Camp Site Museum, where his belongings are on display.

[Junichi Yokoyama]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

宮崎県北部、延岡市にある山。標高728メートル。花崗斑岩(かこうはんがん)の険しい山容で、祝子(ほうり)川の谷を隔てて、西の行縢山(むかばきやま)と一連の山列をなす。この岩脈は、西部にある大崩(おおくえ)山花崗岩の貫入に伴って形成され、可愛岳はその東端に位置する。山頂には鉾岩(ほこいわ)があり、これを弥生(やよい)時代のメンヒルとする説がある。東麓(とうろく)の俵野(ひょうの)には円墳があり、瓊瓊杵尊御陵(ににぎのみことごりょう)伝説地として、1895年(明治28)から宮内庁の管理下にある。また、西南戦争の激戦地の一つとしても知られ、敗れた薩摩(さつま)軍は険しい可愛岳越えをして、高千穂から鹿児島に逃れた。俵野に西郷隆盛(たかもり)宿陣跡資料館があり、遺品などが展示されている。

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