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Mount Shibutsu (至仏山 Shifutsu/Shibutsu-san) is a serpentine mountain in the north-east of Gunma Prefecture in Japan. It is 2,228.1 m (7,310 ft) tall and located between Minakami Machi and Katashina Villages.
Mount Nakanodake viewed from Mount Shibutsu. Because Gunma is situated in inland Japan, the difference in temperature in the summer compared to the winter is large, and there is less precipitation. This is because of the karakkaze ("empty wind"), a strong, dry wind that occurs in the winter when the snow falls on the coasts of Niigata.
Mount Fuji (3,776 m; 12,388 ft) from Asagiri-kōgen. 100 Famous Japanese Mountains (日本百名山, Nihon Hyaku-meizan) is a book written in 1964 by mountaineer and author Kyūya Fukada. [1] The list has been the topic of NHK documentaries, and other hiking books.
The park is 372 km 2 in area and is the 29th national park in Japan. Opened on 30 August 2007, the park's area includes the marshes ( Ozegahara ) and the mountains in the Oze area, formerly part of the Nikkō National Park , and other nearby areas including the Aizu-Komagatake and Tashiroyama mountains.
Japan has been experiencing overtourism issues since reopening post-pandemic in late 2022. March 2024 was the country’s all-time biggest tourism month ever, with more than three million foreign ...
The following is a list of the mountains and hills of Japan, ... Mount Kita: 3,193: 10,476: Yamanashi ... Japan 100 Mountains; Yokosuka City sightseeing,Ōgusuyama
Ozegahara (尾瀬ヶ原) is a high altitude marshland in the Oze National Park, Japan.. Approximately 8 km 2 in size, the marshland is well known for various species of plants, including the "mizu-bashō" (White Skunk Cabbage), "Nikkōkisuge" (yellow alpine lilies, Hemerocallis dumortieri var. esculenta) and "Watasuge" (Eriophorum vaginatum).
At 3 a.m., officials opened a newly installed gate at a station placed just over halfway up the 3,776-meter (12,388-ft) peak that is a symbol of Japan and a magnet for tourists, now swarming into ...