Mount Bunagatake
| Mount Bunagatake | |
|---|---|
| 武奈ヶ岳 | |
 A View of Mount Bunagatake from Mount Goza | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,214.4 m (3,984 ft) |
| Coordinates | 35°15′N 135°53′E / 35.250°N 135.883°E |
| Naming | |
| Language of name | Japanese |
| Geography | |
| Location | Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan |
| Parent range | Hira Mountains |
Mount Bunagatake (武奈ヶ岳, Bunagatake) is a 1,214.4-metre-high (3,984 ft) mountain in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. This mountain is one of the and also one of the .
Outline[]
Mount Bunagatake is the highest mountain of Hira Mountains. Hira mountains consist of three parts, , and , literally, ‘Deep Hira’, ‘North Hira’, and ‘South Hira’. Mount Bunagatake belongs to Oku-Hira, and on the Mesozoic strata as other mountains of Oku-Hira. This mountain is also a part of Biwako Quasi-National Park, and visitors can enjoy the almost 360 degree panorama view from the top.
Access[]
From Hira Station to the middle of this mountain, , which was made in 1960, and opened in 1961, connected until 2004 with a Bus route by . However the chair lift and the ropeway were removed in 2004, and the Bus route was also discontinued after that.
- Hira Station of Kosei Line
- of
Image gallery[]
Top of Mount Bunagatake
West view from the top
A view of the middle of the mountain
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- Mountains of Shiga Prefecture
- Ōtsu