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The following is a list of the mountains and hills of Japan ... As the generally accepted definition of a mountain (versus a hill) is 1000 m of height and 500 m of ...
Mount Fuji is one of Japan's "Three Holy Mountains" (三霊山, Sanreizan) along with Mount Tate and Mount Haku. It is a Special Place of Scenic Beauty and one of Japan's Historic Sites. [7] It was added to the World Heritage List as a Cultural Site on June 22, 2013. [7]
The Japanese Alps (日本アルプス, Nihon Arupusu) is a series of mountain ranges in Japan which bisect the main island of Honshu. The peaks that tower over central Honshu have long been the object of veneration and pilgrimage. These mountains had long been exploited by local people for raw materials, including timber, fuel, fertilizer ...
4,470,000 km 2 (1,730,000 sq mi) Japan is an archipelagic country comprising a stratovolcanic archipelago over 3,000 km (1,900 mi) along the Pacific coast of East Asia. [8] It consists of 14,125 islands. [9][10] The four main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. The other 14,120 islands are classified as "remote islands" by the ...
200 Famous Japanese Mountains Yamagata: Mount Chōkai (Shinzan) 2,236 Hinotodake Mountains 100 Famous Japanese Mountains Fukushima: Mount Hiuchigatake (Shibayasugura) 2,356 Standalone 100 Famous Japanese Mountains Ibaraki: Mount Yamizo: 1,022 Yamizo Mountains 300 Famous Japanese Mountains link: Tochigi: Mount Nikkō-Shirane: 2,578 Nikkō Mountains
Mount Hotaka (穂高岳, Hotaka-dake), also known as Mount Hotakadake, is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains as coined by the media, reaching a height of 3,190 m (10,466 ft). Mount Hotaka is situated in Japan 's Hida Mountains and all its major peaks except Mount Maehotaka, lie on the border between the cities of Matsumoto, Nagano ...
1739. Asahi-dake the tallest mountain peak in Hokkaido with Sugatami Pond in the foreground. Mount Asahi (旭岳, Asahi-dake) is a mountain located near the town of Higashikawa, Hokkaido and the tallest mountain on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. It is part of the Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group of the Ishikari Mountains, located in the northern ...
Walter Weston in 1894. (Mountaineering) Mount Jōnen (常念岳, Jōnen-dake) is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains, [3] reaching the height of 2,857 m (9,373 ft). [1] It is situated in Japan 's Hida Mountains in Nagano Prefecture and in Chūbu-Sangaku National Park. [4] The shape of the mountain looks like the triangle.