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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 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
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
According to the historian H. Byron Earhart, "in medieval times it eventually came to be seen by Japanese as the "number one" mountain of the known world of the three countries of India, China, and Japan". [16] The mountain is mentioned in Japanese literature throughout the ages and is the subject of many poems. [17]
Mount Yari (槍ヶ岳, Yari-ga-take) is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains. The 3,180-metre-high (10,433 ft) peak lies in the southern part of the Hida Mountains (Northern Alps) of Japan, on the border of Ōmachi and Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture and Takayama in Gifu Prefecture. The priest Banryū (1786–1840) founded a temple there.
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.
There are 21 three-thousanders (mountains with elevations of 3,000 m (9,843 ft) or greater) in Japan. [1] The tallest is Mount Fuji , at 3,776 metres (12,388 ft). Geography
Mount Ibuki (伊吹山, Ibuki-yama) is a 1,377-metre-high (4,518 ft) mountain, on the border of Maibara, Shiga Prefecture, and Ibigawa, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains, and is also included on the lists of the 100 Kinki Mountains and the 50 Shiga Mountains. Mount Ibuki is the highest mountain in Shiga ...