The word “Nokogiri” means "Saw" because of its sawtooths ridge line.
It was even drawn by the famous painter of the Edo period, Utagawa Hiroshige.
 

 

The ropeway will take us at the level of 262m, where we will find the entrance of the Nihonji Temple, which has more than 1300 years of history.
The temple is built at the top of the mountain and is close to the observation point "Jigoku Nozoki", the "glance into the hell" because of the scary emptiness of almost 400 meters of depths  below you. (it is said that people must not approach too much to it to avoid being swept by the underworld!).
There is a place where you will see the biggest statue of the seated Buddha in Japan, more than 30 meters high.
You can also find in the close rising of 1,500 various statues carved  more than 250 years ago.

  

The Giant Buddha of Mount Nokogiri

The 31 meters of statue was made in the 18th century at the city of Kyonan and the statue is our Top 5 to see in the Land of the Rising Sun.

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