Mount Hijiri
Iida, Nagano Prefecture,
Japan
Mount Hijiri (聖岳, Hijiri-dake) is a mountain located in the Akaishi Mountains in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, (Shizuoka Prefecture) and Iida, (Nagano Prefecture) in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is 3,013 m (9,885 ft) high.[1] It is the southernmost mountain in Minami Alps National Park[2] and is included on the list of "100 Famous Japanese Mountains". There are several mountain climbing trails and mountain huts around the mountain including the Hijiri-Daira hut in the mountain pass in the south.
Animals and Alpine plants
A lot of alpine plants and rock ptarmigans are seen in the upper alpine region. Sika deer are seen on the hillside.
See also
- List of mountains in Japan
- Three-thousanders (in Japan)
Gallery
Silene seen around Mount Ko-Hijiri | Primula seen around Mount Hijiri-Daira | Rock ptarmigan and Siberian dwarf pine | Sika deer seen around Mount Hijiri-Daira |
Mount Hijiri seen from Mount Minami | Mount Hijiri seen from Hujiri-Daira | Mount Akaishi seen from Mount Hijiri | Mount Oku-Hijiri and Mount Fuji seen from Mount Hijiri |
References
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- Mt. Rishiri
- Mt. Rausu
- Mt. Shari
- Mt. Akan
- Mt. Taisetsu
- Mt. Tomuraushi
- Mt. Tokachi
- Mt. Poroshiri
- Mt. Yōtei
Jōshinetsu region
- Mt. Iwaki
- Hakkōda
- Hachimantai
- Mt. Iwate
- Mt. Hayachine
- Mt. Chokai
- Mt. Gassan
- Mt. Asahi
- Mt. Zaō
- Mt. Iide
- Mt. Azuma
- Mt. Adatara
- Mt. Bandai
- Mt. Aizu-Koma
- Mt. Echigo (Uonuma-Koma)
- Mt. Hiragatake
- Mt. Makihata
- Mt. Hiuchigatake
- Mt. Shibutsu
- Mt. Tanigawa
- Mt. Naeba
- Mt. Myōkō
- Hiuchiyama
- Mt. Amakazari
- Mt. Takatsuma
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Kiso Mountains (Central Alps) | |
Akaishi Mountains (Southern Alps) |
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- Kyūya Fukada
- List of mountains in Japan
- Three-thousanders (in Japan)
- Media related to 100 Famous Japanese Mountains at Wikimedia Commons
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