Mount Tate, The Sacred Mountain (tate-yama,立山)

Mount Tate is one of the three sacred mountains of Japan. One should wake up really early to climb this mountain in one day since the steps to go up are : 1) underground bus climbing from Ogizawa station to Kurobe Dam station, 2) an underground Funicular going from the dam (Kurobeko station) to the Kurobedaira station, 3) A cablecar going from Kurobedaira to Daikanbo and then 4) an underground bus crossing inside the mountain and reaching Murodo station on the other side, therefore allow plenty of time for the commute! The climb of Mount Tate from the Murodo station takes approximately 2 hours and many huts are available for overnight stay near the mountain. A shinto shrine is located on the summit of mount Tate which makes it a site of “Pilgrimage” for many climbers who take some time for a prayer on the summit before continuing to their next destination.

Shinto ceremony on mount Tate

August ice patch on Mount Tate

Steep climb to Mount Tate

Tateyama water source

Switchbacks on mount Tate

Starting the climb of mount Tate

Switchbacks on Tate mountain range

Looking back at Kurobedaira

False Summit

Tateyama rock name

Murodo Station

A view of Daikanbo cablecar station

Funicular from kurobeko station to the Kurobedaira Cablecar station

Summit Shrine of Tateyama

View from Murodo Station

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Country: Japan
Area : Chubu area
Prefecture : Toyama-ken
City : Tateyama-machi
District : Ashikuraji

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