Mount Haku

#215 among destinations in Japan

Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano

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Facts and practical information

Mount Haku, or Mount Hakusan, is a dormant stratovolcano in Japan. It is located on the borders of Gifu and Ishikawa, on the island of Honshu. Mount Haku is thought to have first been active 300,000 to 400,000 years ago, with the most recent eruption occurring in 1659. Along with Mount Tate and Mount Fuji, it is one of Japan's "Three Holy Mountains". ()

Local name: 白山 Last eruption: 1659Elevation: 8865 ftProminence: 6224 ftCoordinates: 36°5'60"N, 136°30'0"E

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Day trips

Mount Haku – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Heisenji Hakusan Jinja.

1.3 miS
Specialty museum, Museum, Natural history museum
Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Katsuyama
33 min walk • The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, located in Katsuyama, Fukui, Japan, is one of the leading dinosaur museums in Asia that is renowned for its exhibits of fossil specimens of dinosaurs and paleontological research.
4.5 miSE
Sacred and religious sites
Heisenji Hakusan Jinja, Katsuyama
116 min walk • Heisenji Hakusan Shrine is a Shinto shrine in the city of Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. In the former Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines, it was a prefectural shrine of Fukui Prefecture.

Mount Haku

Facts and practical information

Mount Haku – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Katsuyama

Heisenji Hakusan Jinja, Katsuyama