Mount Haguro

{{Short description|Stratovolcano on the island of Honshu, Japan}}

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| name = Mount Haguro

| other_name = 羽黒山

| photo = 出羽三山神社大鳥居と羽黒山.jpg

| photo_caption = Mount Haguro as seen from the main torii gate of Dewa Sanzan Jinja

| elevation_m = 414

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| listing = Three Mountains of Dewa

| location = Yamagata, Tōhoku, Japan

| map = Japan Yamagata Prefecture

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| language = Japanese

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{{nihongo|Mount Haguro|羽黒山|Haguro-san}} is one of the Three Mountains of Dewa in the city of Tsuruoka, the ancient province of Dewa (a domain consisting of modern-day Yamagata Prefecture and Akita Prefecture), Japan.{{Cite web |title=Hagurosan|Dewa Sanzan Shrine formula homepage |url=http://www.dewasanzan.jp/en/publics/index/47/ |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=Dewa Sanzan Shrine official site |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Haguro-san |url=https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e7902.html |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=www.japan-guide.com |language=en}} Dewa Shrine is located on Mount Haguro.

Access

The summit can also be reached by bus service. In addition to religious pilgrims, travellers often stay at the Saikan temple lodging. In the Edo period, there used to be 336 shukubo on the mountain.Earhart, H. B. (1965). Four Ritual Periods of Haguro Shugendō in Northeastern Japan. History of Religions, 5(1), 93–113. {{JSTOR|1061805}}

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