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This category contains mountains located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mountains of Okinawa prefecture . Pages in category "Mountains of Okinawa Prefecture"
The following is a list of the mountains and hills of Japan, ordered by height. Mountains over 1000 meters Mount ... Okinawa Mount Rebun: 490.0: 1,608: Hokkaidō ...
Mount Yaedake from Japan National Route 449 in Awa, Nago, Okinawa. Mount Yae (八重岳, Yae-dake, Kunigami: Yē-dakī, Okinawan: Yē-daki), also known as Mount Yaedake or Yae-take, is a mountain in Motobu, Okinawa on Okinawa Island. It is the tallest mountain on the Motobu Peninsula, standing at 453.4 m (1,487 ft 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 in). [1]
According to the Japanese government, there are 517 named waterfalls in Japan. Many of these waterfalls are located in remote mountain locations, but with an increase in hiking and tourism in recent years, the number of visitors has greatly increased, placing significant pressure on the surrounding environment.
Of Mount Fuji’s 10 hiking stations, the fifth (called “Gogome”) is located roughly halfway up the 3,776-meter (12,388-foot) mountain. It receives 90% of the mountain’s visitors, most whom ...
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Place Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Type Ref. Sefa-utaki 斎場御嶽 Sefa-utaki: Nanjō: also an Historic Site; inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu [5