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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]
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
Selections of celebrated mountains have been produced since the Edo period. Tani Bunchō praised 90 mountains in 日本名山図会 (A collection of maps and pictures of famous Japanese mountains), but among these were included such small mountains as Mount Asama in Ise, Mie, and Mount Nokogiri on the Bōsō Peninsula. Unsatisfied with this ...
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.
Topographic map. Mount Tsukuba (筑波山, Tsukuba-san) is an 877 m (2,877 ft) mountain located at the northern-end of Tsukuba, Japan.It is one of the most famous mountains in Japan, particularly well known for its double peaks, Nyotai-san (女体山, lit. "female body") 877 m (2,877 ft) and Nantai-san (男体山, lit. "male body") 871 m (2,858 ft).
List of mountains in Japan; Sources. List; Map This page was last edited on 5 December 2024, at 02:21 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Mount Tsurugi (剱岳, Tsurugi-dake) is a mountain located in the eastern area of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the tallest peaks in the Hida Mountains at 2,999 m (9,839 ft). It is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains, and is called "the most dangerous mountain" climbable. [1]
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. It can be seen from Azumi Basin.