, is a peak in the Akaishi Mountains, on the border of

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and

Nagano Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...

s in central

Honshū , historically called , is the largest and most populous island of Japan. It is located south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyūshū across the Kanmon Straits. The island separa ...

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. On June 1, 1964, the mountain was included within the

Minami Alps National Park is a national park in the Akaishi Mountains, Chūbu region, Honshū, Japan. The Minami Alps National Park was established on June 1, 1964. It extends along the border of Shizuoka, Yamanashi and Nagano Prefectures for a length of , and a ...

Geography

At , Mount Akaish is the 7th tallest peak in Japan and the 4th tallest peak in the Akaishi Mountains. The peak is located within the

. There is a

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on the summit, with a

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located below, on its southern approach. On the eastern slope is a

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, with the trace remnants of Japan's southernmost

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. At the timberline are stands of

Siberian dwarf pine ''Pinus pumila'', commonly known as the Siberian dwarf pine, dwarf Siberian pine, dwarf stone pine, Japanese stone pine, or creeping pine, is a tree in the family Pinaceae native to northeastern Asia and the Japanese isles. It shares the common ...

, above which are numerous flowering alpine plants, and the habitat for the

Rock Ptarmigan The rock ptarmigan (''Lagopus muta'') is a medium-sized game bird in the grouse family. It is known simply as the ptarmigan in the UK. It is the official bird for the Canadian territory of Nunavut, where it is known as the ''aqiggiq'' (ᐊᕿ� ...

Ascents

The first recorded ascent of Mount Akaishi was by Haruki Nashiba and Masaaki Terasawa of the Japanese

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in 1879. They were followed in July 1881 by a government survey team, which established the triangulation station. Ascent of the mountain became popular after a road was established to its base in 1886. The first westerner to ascend the mountain was the English missionary and mountaineer,

Walter Weston Walter Weston (25 December 1861 – 27 March 1940), was an English clergyman and Anglican missionary who helped popularise recreational mountaineering in Japan at the turn of the 20th century. Background and early life Weston was born 25 De ...

on August 19, 1892. In 1906,

Usui Kojima was a Japanese author from Yokohama, Japan who authored over 20 books. He was also known for amassing a collection of over 900 ukiyo-e Ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art which flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produ ...

of the Japan Alpine Club devoted the first issue of the club's magazine, ''Sangaku'', to Mount Akashi, and Usui pioneered a new route up the mountain in 1909. In the summer of 1926, the 88-year-old founder of the Ōkura

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, decided that he wanted to visit the highest point of his company's holdings, and climbed Mount Akaki with the assistance of 200 porters using

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Gallery

File:07 Akaishidake from Hijiridake 2001-9-25.jpg, Mount Akaishi seen from

Mount Hijiri is a mountain located in the Akaishi Mountains in both Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture and Iida, Nagano Prefecture, in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is tall and part of the Akaishi Mountains. It is the mountain in Minami Alps National Pa ...

File:Akaishidake from Koakaishidake 1998-10-26.jpg, Mount Akaishi seen from Mount Ko-Akaishi File:Akaishidake from Kamikochidake 2003-11-23.jpg, Mount Akaishi seen from Mount Kamikochi, The

can be seen at the peak. File:Rock Ptarmigan in Mount Akaishi 1994-7-30.jpg,

(mother and child) and

Siberian Dwarf Pine ''Pinus pumila'', commonly known as the Siberian dwarf pine, dwarf Siberian pine, dwarf stone pine, Japanese stone pine, or creeping pine, is a tree in the family Pinaceae native to northeastern Asia and the Japanese isles. It shares the common ...

in Mount Akaishi

References

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Mount Akaishi , is a peak in the Akaishi Mountains, on the border of Shizuoka and Nagano Prefectures in central Honshū, Japan. On June 1, 1964, the mountain was included within the Minami Alps National Park. Geography At , Mount Akaish is the 7th tall ...

Mountains of Nagano Prefecture Mountains of Shizuoka Prefecture

Geography

Ascents

Gallery

See also

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