Kyogatake

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Kyogatake
Kyougatake cyuuou Alps 2009-4-30.jpg
height 2296.3  TP
location Nagano Prefecture , Japan
Mountains Kiso Mountains , Japanese Alps
Coordinates 35 ° 54 '46 "  N , 137 ° 51' 47"  E Coordinates: 35 ° 54 '46 "  N , 137 ° 51' 47"  E
Kyōgatake (Nagano Prefecture)
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The Kyōgatake ( Japanese. 経 ヶ 岳 , dt. "Sutrenberg") is a 2296.3 m high mountain in the prefecture of Nagano on the Japanese main island of Honshū .

It belongs to the Kiso Mountains in the center of the Japanese Alps and is located on the border of the municipalities of Minamiminowa and Tatsuno with foothills to Shiojiri . At the top there are two sanctuaries, a Buddha and a stone pagoda. It is the highest of the mountains in Japan, the name of which is dedicated to a sutra .