is a 1914.6 m mountain of Omine Mountains, which is located on the border of Tenkawa

Tenkawa, Nara

is a village located in Yoshino District, Nara, Japan.As of July 2009, the village has an estimated population of 1,823 and a density of 10.38 persons per km²...

 and Kamikitayama

Kamikitayama, Nara

is a village located in Yoshino District, Nara, Japan.As of March 1, 2010, the village has an estimated population of 707. The total area is 274.05 km².-Neighboring municipalities:* Nara Prefecture** Shimokitayama** Gojō** Totsukawa** Kawakami** Tenkawa...

 , Yoshino District

Yoshino District, Nara

Yoshino is a district located in Nara Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 59,020 and a density of 26.14 persons per km²...

, Nara Prefecture

Nara Prefecture

is a prefecture in the Kansai region on Honshū Island, Japan. The capital is the city of Nara.-History:The present-day Nara Prefecture was created in 1887, making it independent of Osaka Prefecture....

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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Outline

This mountain is the tallest mountain in Kansai Region including Nara Prefecture. This mountain is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains.
The name of this mountain, ‘Hakkyo’, literally means ‘eight Buddhist scriptures’. This name come from the legend, which says a famous En no Gyōja

En no Gyoja

En no Gyōja , or En no Ozunu , born 634, was a Japanese ascetic and mystic, traditionally held to be the founder of Shugendō, a syncretic religion incorporating aspects of Taoism, Shinto, esoteric Buddhism and traditional Japanese shamanism...

, who is believed as a founder of Shugendo

Shugendo

is a highly syncretic Buddhic religion or sect and mystical-spiritual tradition which originated in pre-Feudal Japan, in which enlightenment is equated with attaining oneness with the . This perception of experiential "awakening" is obtained through the understanding of the relationship between...

, buried eight Buddhist scriptures on the top of this mountain.
This mountain is also called Hakken-zan, literally ‘mountain of eight swords’ or Bukky-ga-take, also literally ‘mountain of Buddhist scriptures’.
Sometimes, this mountain is mistaken as Mount Omine

Mount Omine

, is a sacred mountain in Nara, Japan, famous for its three tests of courage.Officially known as , it is more popularly known as Mount Ōmine due to its prominence in the Ōmine mountain range...

, however there is no official map which shows this mountain as Omine.

Routes

This mountain has several routes to reach to the top. The easiest route is from Gyojamodori-Tunnel-Nishi-guchi, and it takes about three hours. The traditional route is from Tenkawa-Kawai, it takes about seven hours.