Mount Utatsu

Mount Utatsu is a mountain in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It is also regarded by a number of other names, such as. During the Bunsei era, Aoki Mokubei established the Kasuga kiln which revitalized the Kutani ware ceramics production of the vicinity. Because Mount Utatsu overlooks Kanazawa Castle, commoners had been forbidden from mountain climbing it at some point of the Edo period.

This led to the Ansei Tearful Insurrection in July 1858, a riot of over 2000 peasants all through which the seven ringleaders had been carried out.In 1947, a monument honoring creator Shusei Tokuda was erected close to the summit of Mount Utatsu. It featured writing authored by way of poet Muro Saisei and became designed by means of architect Yoshir. Taniguchi. In 1958, a zoo and an aquarium have been opened as part of recreational centers connected to the Kanazawa Health Center, however they have been closed in 1993. The Prefectural Utatsuyama Sumo Ring was opened at the mountain in 1960 as a joint facility for high colleges and Kanazawa University.