Mount Shaka
{{Short description|Mountain in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan}}
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| location = Hita, Ōita Prefecture and Yame, Fukuoka Prefecture
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| prominence_m = 1230
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Mount Shaka (釈迦岳, Shaka-dake), located in Hita, Ōita Prefecture and Yame, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, is the highest mountain in Fukuoka Prefecture,{{Cite web |title=矢部村：登山コースのご紹介御前岳{{!}}八女市ホームページ |url=https://www.city.yame.fukuoka.jp/soshiki/15/y01/2/1454653616242.html |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=Yame City |language=ja}}{{Cite web |title=釈迦ヶ岳 |url=https://www.yamakei-online.com/yamanavi/yama.php?yama_id=979 |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=Yamakei Online |language=Japanese}} with a summit elevation of 1,230 m (4,035 ft 5 in). Although Fugen-dake is the highest peak of the mountain with a summit elevation of 1,231 m (4,038 ft 9 in), Honshaka, a peak located at the border of the two prefectures, is what is commonly referred to as Mount Shaka.
Overview
The mountain summit has a large flat top and the Emperor Keikō Monument. The south side of the summit is a vertical cliff that goes down all the way to the valley. From the summit, it is possible to see Mount Kujū, Mount Hane, Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, and as far as Ariake Sea on the west side of Kyushu.{{Cite web |title=釈迦岳（大分県日田市） 旅行 観光 旅 国内13万件の全国観光情報検索サイト 全国観るなび 全国 |url=https://www.nihon-kankou.or.jp/detail/44481ab2010003518 |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=Japan Travel and Tourism Association |language=ja}}
The Fugen-dake peak of the mountain, in Ōita Prefecture, is connected with a road and has a radome.