Mount Haku (白山, Haku-san, Hakusan) Rising to 2,702 meters (8,865 feet) in central Honshu, Mount Haku, or Hakusan, is one of Japan’s most important sacred mountains and one of the country’s great volcanic landscapes. Its Japanese name, 白山, means “White Mountain,” a reference to the deep snow that blankets its upper slopes for much of …
