Mount Nagata (Japan)

Mount Nagata is a mountain on the island of Yakushima in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
At an altitude of, it is the second highest peak of Yakushima and the Kyushu region after Mount Miyanoura.
Inō Tadataka's map of Yakushima refers to Mt. Nagata as Mt. Gongen
Locals have traditionally made biannual pilgrimages to the summit of Mt. Nagata in the fall and spring. In 1722, a hokora was constructed on the mountain's summit.
In the 1480s, the Buddhist priest Nichizō Shōnin retreated to a cave atop Mt. Nagata where he recited the Lotus Sutra for seven days. Since then, the native kami of the Shinto religion, Hikohohodemi no Mikoto, has been venerated as a manifestation of the Buddhist mountain deity Ippon Hoju Daigongen. This fusion of an indigenous Shinto deity with an introduced Buddhist deity is an example of Shinbutsu-shūgō.
The area near the summit is covered with Yakushima bamboo grass, dotted with Yakushima rhododendrons. At lower elevations Daphniphyllum teijsmannii and Farfugium japonicum can be seen.