Mount Hōken is located on the main ridgeline of Kiso mountains, about 1km south of Mount Kisokoma, the highest peak of Kiso Mountains. On the East of Mount Hōken lies great Senjōjiki Cirque. Komagatake Ropeway bring you up to the bottom of Cirque which is about 2600m above sea level. Senjojiki Cirque is one of the largest and the most typical cirque in Japan, and it means one thousand tatami mattresses. In summer, it is filled by alpine flowers. According to geologist Tatsuto Aoki, the cirque was created 17,000 to 25,000 years ago, the last glacial maximum age.