Study on Landscape of Mountains in Japan: Through Three Case Studies

This study organizes the transition of the Japanese meanings of mountains and considers the mountain landscape that inherited the Kunihiki myth in the Izumo Plain, the sacred mountain landscape with multilayer boundaries in Mount Koya, and the landscape of Mount Mekko as a source of water on the Inamino Plateau. Mountain landscapes in Japan have multiple meanings; they are nature that has inherited myths, sources of water for daily life, sacred places for ascetic training, and are the most important landscapes for the Japanese as beautiful nature that always exists.