Dewa Mountains () is a

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...

that runs north and south on the west side of the Tohoku region of

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. The mountain range spans

Aomori is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 278,964 in 136,457 households, and a population density of 340 people per square kilometer spread over the city's total area of ...

Akita is a Japanese name and may refer to: Places * 8182 Akita, a main-belt asteroid * Akita Castle, a Nara period fortified settlement in Akita, Japan * Akita Domain, also known as Kubota Domain, feudal domain in Edo period Japan * Akita, Kumamoto, ...

, and Yamagata prefectures. The highest peak of the mountain range is

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(2,236m). The range is the focal point for the ''Akinomine'' (秋の嶺 "peak of autumn") ritual, which is observed by the

Mount Haguro is one of the Three Mountains of Dewa in the city of Tsuruoka, the ancient province of Dewa (a domain consisting of modern-day Yamagata Prefecture and Akita Prefecture), Japan. As the lowest of the three mountains, standing at , it is the only ...

lineage of

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Mountain ranges of Aomori Prefecture Mountain ranges of Akita Prefecture Mountain ranges of Yamagata Prefecture {{Japan-geo-stub