Nokogiriyama

What?
Nokogiriyama 鋸山 is a very small mountain on the Boso Peninsula 房総半島 but with a lot to offer. The ground houses the Nihonji Temple Complex 日本寺 that boasts the largest pre-modern stone Buddha (31 meters) as well as thousands of stone arhats. Additionaly a large Kannon carving in stone and a staggering cliff called Jigoku-nozoki 地獄覗き (peering into hell).
Where?
As I came from Chiba I just needed to catch a train to Hamakanaya Station 浜金谷駅 from where I took the ropeway. Once arrived at the top the route is easy to follow. Going back to Osaka I took the ferry from the port of Hamakanaya to the Kurihama 久里浜 Terminal from where the connection with major cities like Yokohama or Tokyo is better.
URL
Wikipedia Zooming Japan

After the end of an exposition that took place in Chiba, I took a day off to visit the otherwise difficult to reach Nokogiriyama. What interested me the most was the dangerously dangling rock platform Jigoku-Nozoki (peering into hell) which is absolutely not suited for people with vertigo. Eventually this place is much more than that.

Even though the top of Nokogiriyama is not that high, you do need a cable car to access comfortably. After entering the premises you can choose from a few paths. I immediately went straight forward towards the cliff. If you go to the left you can find a viewing platform with very pretty vistas. If you go right you take the same loop as the one that I did but the other way around.
The first impressive feature I came across was the Hyaku-shaku Kannon, a large carving of Kannon into the rocks. Even though it is not that old, as it is rare to see such a carving in Japan it is very intriguing. Only a little distance away was the Jigoku-nozoki which was truly impressive, however my legs started to flail a bit when looking into the abyss.

Hyaku-shaku Kannon

One of the many arhats, all of whom have distinctive and unique features.

What followed beyond this point was a spiritual experience. The whole mountain is stacked with arhat statues (arhat = person who has reached enlightenment) culminating in the view of the Nihonji Daibutsu at the foot of the mountain, the largest pre-modern stone carving of a Buddha.

Why this place is barely listed on English tourism sites is a mystery to me.
If you have the chance, you should definitely go.