Mount Nokogiri
鋸山
A jagged mountain featuring a historic temple complex, dramatic cliffside lookouts, and stone quarries that once supplied Tokyo.
What it is
- A 329.5 meter high mountain also known as Kenkonzan.
- Site of the Nihon-ji temple complex and former stone quarries.
- The jagged shape was formed by tuff stone cutting until 1985.
- Stone from these slopes was used to build Yasukuni Shrine.
What to see
- The Jigoku Nozoki lookout point overhanging a vertical cliff.
- Historical quarry sites depicted in Utagawa Hiroshige woodblock prints.
- The Nihon-ji temple grounds located across the mountain slopes.
- Panoramic views accessible via a ropeway to the summit.
Getting there
- Accessible via Hamakanaya Station or Hota Station.
- A ropeway provides a direct route to the mountain summit.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
Mount Nokogiri Open in Google Maps
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