Mount Mikami

- Co-ordinates: 35.0503°N 136.0378°E
- Region: Kansai Region
- Prefecture: Shiga Prefecture
- Height: 432 m.
Mount Mikami
Mount Mikami (三上山) is a mountain within Shiga Prefecture.
It is mentioned as the home of The Giant Centipede Seta in the Japanese Folktale My Lord Bag of Rice where Fujiwara Hidesato kills the Giant Centipede Seta.1
Footnotes
1. Ozaki, Y.T. (1903) “The Japanese Fairy Book”. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd.
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