早池峰 山頂避難小屋
Iwate · Japon0 mUnguardedVerified listing
The place
早池峰 山頂避難小屋 (Mount Hayachine Summit Emergency Shelter) on Mount Hayachine (1917 m), Iwate Prefecture (Tōhoku, Japan), at 1829 m elevation. Unstaffed emergency shelter at the summit, a sacred mountain of Shugendō (Buddhist-Shinto mountain asceticism). Zone of alpine meadows with the endemic Hayachine-usuyukisō (edelweiss). Heritage of the Hayachine kagura ritual dances (UNESCO 2009).
The setting
Hayachine, 1917 m, Iwate, Tōhoku, Japan, 1829 m, Shugendō, endemic edelweiss Hayachine-usuyukisō, Hayachine kagura UNESCO 2009.
