Mount Iwafune
Mount Iwafune (岩船山, Iwafunesan, Iwafuneyama) is a mountain located in Tochigi City, Tochigi Prefecture (formerly Iwafune Town), in Northern Kanto, with an elevation of 172.7 meters. It is the southernmost peak of the Ashio Mountains. The origin of the characters used in the name—"boat" (舟) for the stone quarried here and the former town name, and "ship" (船) for the mountain name—is unclear. The surrounding area is designated as a nature conservation area (designated on July 19, 1977), where the name is written as "岩舟山" (Iwafuneyama). It has been a major sacred site, with Kōshō-ji Temple attracting the faith of people in the Eastern provinces. The mountain has a peculiar shape with steep cliffs, which has gradually changed due to quarrying of Iwafune stone since the Edo period. Since the late 1970s, the abandoned quarry site has been used for location shooting, including special effects scenes with explosions, taking advantage of its mystical landscape. During the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011, the western peak collapsed in a V-shape, and another part of the mountainside crumbled from a height of about 140 meters (no casualties or damage to houses). At the southeastern foot of the mountain is the site where Emperor Meiji once held an outdoor tea ceremony (nodate), and the surrounding area has been developed as Kabutoyama Park.
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Tochigi
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| N 36.331388888889 ° | E 139.655 ° |
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327-0813 Tochigi
Japan
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