20 Sights in Tateyama, Japan (with Map and Images)

Mount Tate , also known as Tateyama, is a mountain located in the southeastern area of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the tallest mountains in the Hida Mountains at 3,015 m (9,892 ft) and one of Japan's Three Holy Mountains along with Mount Fuji and Mount Haku. Tateyama consists of three peaks: Ōnanjiyama, Oyama, and Fuji-no-Oritate, which form a ridge line. Tateyama is the tallest mountain in the Tateyama Mountain Range.

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The Kurobe Dam (黒部ダム), or Kuroyon Dam (黒四ダム), is a 186 m (610 ft) high variable-radius arch dam located on the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. The tallest dam in Japan, it supports the 335 MW Kurobe No. 4 Hydropower Plant and is owned by Kansai Electric Power Company. It was constructed between 1956 and 1963 at a cost of 51.3 billion yen. The project had taken the lives of 171 people by its completion.

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Oyama Shrine (雄山神社) is a Shinto shrine located in Japan that worships Mount Tate. The shrine is located at a high altitude of 3,003 meters and has three sub-shrines. Several million people visit the shrine every year.

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Harinokidake is a mountain with an elevation of 2,821 m, straddling Tateyama Town in Nakaniikawa District, Toyama Prefecture, and Omachi City in Nagano Prefecture. It is located within Chubu Sangaku National Park and belongs to the Hida Mountains.

Wikipedia: 針ノ木岳 (JA)

The Toyama Prefectural Tateyama Museum is a wide-area distributed museum in Toyama Prefecture located in Ashigaji, Tateyama Town, Nakashinkawa District, Toyama Prefecture. The name of the facility is written in square brackets as Toyama Prefecture [Tateyama Museum] to avoid being misinterpreted as "Toyama Kenritsu Yama (mountain) wa kubutsukan".

Wikipedia: 富山県立山博物館 (JA)

Awa Shrine is a Shinto shrine in the Daijingū neighborhood of the city of Tateyama in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is one of two shrines claiming to hold the title of ichinomiya of former Awa Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on August 10.

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Nago-dera (那古寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Tateyama in southern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The temple is also called Nago-ji using the alternate pronunciation of the final Chinese character in its name, or the Nago Kannon (古寺観音), after its primary object of worship.

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The Toyama Prefectural Tateyama Caldera Sabo Museum is a public museum located in Ashikuraji, Tateyama Town, Nakaniikawa District, Toyama Prefecture, themed around the Tateyama Caldera and Tateyama flood control.

Wikipedia: 立山カルデラ砂防博物館 (JA)

Shōmyō Falls are located in the town of Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Shōmyō-daki is the highest waterfall in Japan at 350 m (1,148 ft). The falls have four stages: the first 70 m, the second 58 m, the third 96 m and the last 126 m high. The greatest amount of water flows over the falls in the early to mid-summer, when the snow in the Tateyama Mountains melts.

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Tateyama Castle is a Japanese castle located in Tateyama, southern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Tateyama Castle was home to the Inaba clan, daimyō of Tateyama Domain, but the castle is better known for its association with the former rulers of Awa Province, the Satomi clan. The castle was also known as "Nekoya-jō" (根古屋城).

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Daifuku-ji (大福寺) is a Buddhist temple in the city of Tateyama in Chiba Prefecture, and is a temple of the Chizen Sect of Shingon Buddhism. According to tradition, the temple was founded by Gyōki in 717 early in the Nara period. It was later revived by a visit by the Tendai Buddhist priest Ennin early in the Heian period. The date at which the temple returned to the Shingon sect is unknown. The temple received a juinjō (朱印状) seal of certification from the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period.

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Mt. Dainichi is a mountain in Toyama Prefecture. It is located on the Dainichi ridge, which derives from the Tateyama mountain range of the Hida Mountains. The elevation of the summit is 2,501 m, while the elevation of the triangulation near the summit is 2,498 m.

Wikipedia: 大日岳 (大日連峰) (JA)

Okinoshima is an island (uninhabited and land-connected island) in Tateyama Bay in Tateyama City, Chiba Prefecture. It is designated as Minamiboso Quasi-National Park as a natural environment area, and most of the island is maintained by Tateyama City as Okinoshima Park.

Wikipedia: 沖ノ島 (千葉県) (JA)

The Tateyama Naval Air Corps Akayama Underground Bunker Ruins, also known as the Akayama Underground Bunker Ruins, is the remains of an underground bunker (air raid shelter) that is believed to have been built by the former Imperial Japan Navy during the Pacific War in Tateyama City, Chiba Prefecture.

Wikipedia: 赤山地下壕跡 (JA)

Susaki Shrine is a Shinto shrine in the Susaki neighborhood of the city of Tateyama in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is one of two shrines claiming to hold the title of ichinomiya of the former Awa Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on August 20.

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Akazawa-dake is a mountain in the Hida Mountains that straddles Tateyama Town in Nakaniikawa District, Toyama Prefecture, and Omachi City in Nagano Prefecture. Its elevation is 2,677.8 m. It is one of the hundred mountains of Toyama as designated by the Toyama Prefectural Mountaineering Federation.

Wikipedia: 赤沢岳 (JA)

Mt. Ryuō is a mountain in the Tateyama mountain range of the Hida Mountains located in Tateyama, Nakashinkawa District, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. The altitude is 2,872 m. It is the 38th highest mountain in Japan. One of the 100 mountains of Toyama of the Toyama Prefecture Mountaineering Federation.

Wikipedia: 龍王岳 (JA)

Kurobe Bessan is a mountain located in Tateyama, Nakashinkawa District, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Hida Mountains (Tateyama mountain range) and has an altitude of 2,353 m. One of the 100 mountains of Toyama established by the Toyama Prefecture Alpine Federation.

Wikipedia: 黒部別山 (JA)

Tsurugi Odaki is a waterfall located in Tateyama Town, Nakashinkawa District, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It is also known as the Great Waterfall. It is a waterfall with a drop of 150 meters consisting of 9 large and small waterfalls in the middle of the Kurobe River system, and is said to be a phantom waterfall because it is located in the innermost part of the Kurobe Gorge.

Wikipedia: 剱大滝 (JA)

Tsurugi is a 2,999 m high mountain in the Tateyama mountain range in the northern part of the Hida Mountains (Northern Alps). It straddles the towns of Kamiichi and Tateyama in Toyama Prefecture. It is located in the Chubu-Sangaku National Park, and the mountain area is a special protection area. It has been selected as one of the 100 Famous Mountains of Japan and the 100 Famous Mountains of New Japan. Along with Tateyama, Kashima-Yarigatake, and Karamatsudake, it is one of the few surviving glaciers in Japan.

Wikipedia: 小窓氷河 (JA)