Online dictionary of geography and travels in Japan: Mt. Nantai

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Mt. Nantai

男体山二荒山日光山
alternative words: Mt Nantai, Mount Nantai, Mt. Nantaisan, Nantaisan, Nantai san, Futarasan, Futara san, Nikkosan, Nikko san
keywords: mountain , volcano
related topics: Tochigi Prefecture , Nikko , Lake Chuzenji
related web sites: http://member.nifty.ne.jp/hiking/nantai.htm , http://www3.justnet.ne.jp/~ssawa/ , http://www.hikyaku.com/gallery/english/nikko.htm
explanation: 2484m high, Mt. Nantai is a sanctuary of the mountain belief, inaugurated by Saint Katsudo in the 2nd year of Tenou era (782), and the inner shrine of Futarasan is installed at its peak. Each year from the 1st to 8th August, a climbing ceremony takes place. Nantai means "male body", opposing to Nyotaisan, "female body" located nearby because the erected aspect of the former mountain.