is a mountain in Nishinomiya

Nishinomiya, Hyogo

is a city located in Hyōgo, Japan, between the cities of Ōsaka and Kōbe. On April 1, 2005, the city of Nishinomiya celebrated its 80th anniversary. It is best known as the home of Kōshien Stadium, where the Hanshin Tigers baseball team plays home games and where Japan's annual high school baseball...

, Hyōgo

Hyogo Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region on Honshū island. The capital is Kobe.The prefecture's name was previously alternately spelled as Hiogo.- History :...

, 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...

. It is located in the east end of the Rokko Mountains

Mount Rokko

is a name of a group of mountains in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. This mountain is one of Hyōgo 50 mountains, Kinki 100 mountains, and also one of the 300 famous mountains in Japan.- Outline :...

, and the height is 309.2m.

Outline

Mount Kabuto is a famous picnic spot in the Kansai metropolitan area. It is a monadnock

Monadnock

A monadnock or inselberg is an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain...

 of an extinct volcano that was last estimated to have erupted about 12,000,000 years ago. This mountain is in the Kabutoyama Forest Park.

History

The mountain is shaped like a helmet, 'kabuto' in Japanese. It has a long history as an object of worship by people around the mountain. Kanno-ji

Kanno-ji

Kannō-ji is a Buddhist temple in the middle of Mount Kabutoyama in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan. The other name of the temple is Kabutoyama-daishi .-Objects of Worship:...

 in the middle of the mountain is the place of worship of the mountain.

According to Japanese myth, it is understood that because Empress Jingū buried her helmet when she went to subjugate Silla

Silla

Silla was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, and one of the longest sustained dynasties in...

, a dynasty in the Korean Peninsula

Korean Peninsula

The Korean Peninsula is a peninsula in East Asia. It extends southwards for about 684 miles from continental Asia into the Pacific Ocean and is surrounded by the Sea of Japan to the south, and the Yellow Sea to the west, the Korea Strait connecting the first two bodies of water.Until the end of...

, this mountain was named 'Kabutoyama', literally "helmet mountain."

Access

• Nigawa Station
  Nigawa Station
  is a railway station in Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, on the Hankyu Imazu Line operated by the Hankyu Railway. It is located near JRA Hanshin Racecourse and Kwansei Gakuin University. It is also an entrance station to Mount Kabutoyama, the east end of the Rokko Mountains...
  
   of Hankyū Imazu Line
  Hankyu Imazu Line
  The is a 9.3 km long commuter rail in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan owned and operated by Hankyu Railway. It is the longest of three branchlines of the Hankyu Kobe Line. The line connects the cities of Nishinomiya and Takarazuka.-Operation:...
  
  
• Kōyōen Station
  Koyoen Station
  is a railway station in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, on the Kōyō Line operated by the Hankyu Railway. Kōyōen Station has access to Mount Kabutoyama and the Tsumagari cake shop nearby....
  
   of Hankyū Kōyō Line
  Hankyū Kōyō Line
  The is a railway line of Hankyu Railway in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The line starts from Shukugawa Station and finishes at Kōyōen Station both in the city of Nishinomiya. It stretches 2.2 km.- Stations :All stations are within Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture....