Mount Hōken

Mount Hōken (宝剣岳 (Hōken-Dake)) is one of major peaks in Kiso Mountains or Central Alps, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

On the East of Mount Hōken lies great Senjōjiki Cirque.

Komagatake Ropeway bring you up to the bottom of Cirque which is about 2600m above sea level.

According to geologist Tatsuto Aoki, the cirque was created 17,000 to 25,000 years ago, the last glacial maximum age.

[1] Though it is easy to go up to Senjojiki by Ropeway, nearby the rocky peak of Mount Hōken is very steep and dangerous, often occurs accident falling down to death.