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Mount Toyōke

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豊受山

A 1,274-meter peak in Ehime featuring a historic shrine, rare alpine flowers, and unique geological formations along the ridge.

Mount Toyōke
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What it is

  • A 1,274-meter mountain in the Houou Range and one of the Shikoku 100 Famous Mountains.
  • Home to the Toyoke Shrine Okumiya which enshrines the deity Toyouke-hime-no-mikoto.
  • A site for the Fuchinsai ritual held to suppress local winds.
  • Part of the Sambagawa Metamorphic Belt with the Median Tectonic Line at its northern foot.

What to see

  • The Toyoke Shrine Okumiya which undergoes a ceremonial rebuilding every twenty years.
  • A natural wind cave located near the mountain summit.
  • Natural forests that remain preserved around the main ridge and the peak.
  • Dogtooth violets growing along the ridge leading toward Mount Nokogiri.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

Mount Toyōke Open in Google Maps

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