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Even now, it is very difficult to cross the steep Hida mountains, one of the world's heaviest snowfall areas, in winter. Therefore, it is considered a historical event in Japan that in the winter of 1584, daimyō Sassa Narimasa's forces crossed over the mountain range over Zara Pass and Harinoki Pass. This event is called "Sarasara-goe ...
The following is a list of the mountains and hills of Japan, ordered by height. Mountains over 1000 meters. Mount Fuji, highest in Japan. Mountain Meters
Mountain ranges of Japan by prefecture (33 C) J. Japan Alps (5 C, 43 P) Pages in category "Mountain ranges of Japan" The following 6 pages are in this category, out ...
About 73% of Japan is mountainous, [22] with a mountain range running through each of the main islands. Japan's highest mountain is Mount Fuji , with an elevation of 3,776 m (12,388 ft). Japan's forest cover rate is 68.55% since the mountains are heavily forested.
The extreme points of Japan include the coordinates that are the farthest north, south, east and west in Japan, and the ones that are at the highest and the lowest elevations in the country. Japan's northernmost point is disputed , because Japan considers it to be on Iturup , an island de facto governed by Russia .
100 Famous Japanese Mountains Akita [1] Mount Akita-Komagatake (Onagadake) 1,637 Ōu Mountains 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 ...
Category: Mountain ranges of Japan by prefecture. 6 languages. ... Mountain ranges of Yamanashi Prefecture (2 C, 4 P) This page was ...
The Hida Mountains (飛騨山脈, Hida Sanmyaku), or Northern Alps (北アルプス, Kita Arupusu), is a Japanese mountain range which stretches through Nagano, Toyama and Gifu prefectures. A small portion of the mountains also reach into Niigata Prefecture .