is located in the western portion of
Yamanashi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Yamanashi Prefecture has a population of 817,192 (1 January 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,465 km2 (1,724 sq mi). Yamanashi Prefecture borders Saitama Prefecture to the no ...
,
Japan
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. Because the mountain has three peaks, it is also called Hōō Sanzan (鳳凰三山). It is in
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 ...
and is one of the
.
Outline
Mount Hōō has three peaks:
Mount Hōō is separated from most of the other mountains in the
Akaishi range, giving a wider view of the surrounding mountains. Also, most mountains in the range have a reddish-brown color ("Akaishi" means "red stone" in
Japanese
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* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
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), but Mount Hōō and
Mount Kaikoma are the two exceptions, as they are
granite
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mountains.
History
Metal ore was found in the mountain during the
Sengoku period
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The Sengoku period was initiated by the Ōnin War in 1467 which collapsed the Feudalism, feudal system of Japan under the ...
and, by the
Edo period
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, the mountain was exploited for its metals and forest products.
* In 1904,
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 ...
became the first to climb the
obelisk
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on top of Jizōdake.
* On June 1, 1964, this area was specified to the Minami Alps National Park.
* In 1990, Sumie Tanaka (
田中澄江 ''Tanaka Sumie'') completed ''New Flowers of the 100 Mountains'', which featured many of the alpine plants on Mount Hōō.
[''New Flowers of the 100 Mountains''(新・花の百名山), Bunsyunbunko, in 1995 by Sumie Tanaka, ]
Geography
Nearby mountains
Mount Hōō is on the subridge (from Mount Komatsu) of the main ridge line in the northern part of the
Akaishi Mountains.
Rivers
The mountain is the source of the following
river
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s, each of which flows to the
Pacific Ocean
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.
* Noro River (a
tributary
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of the
Fuji River)
* Ōtake River, Kotake River (tributaries of the
Tenryū River
The is a river in central Honshū, Japan. With a length of , it is Japan's ninth longest river.
Its source is Lake Suwa in the Kiso Mountains near Okaya, Nagano, Okaya in Nagano Prefecture. It then flows through Aichi Prefecture and western Shi ...
)
Gallery
File:Mount_Houousan_from_Komatsumine_2001-1-4.jpg, Mount Hōō and Mount Fuji
, or Fugaku, located on the island of Honshū, is the highest mountain in Japan, with a summit elevation of . It is the second-highest volcano located on an island in Asia (after Mount Kerinci on the island of Sumatra), and seventh-highest p ...
from Mount Komatsu at the sunrise
File:Houousan_from_kaikomagatake_50_1996_9_15.jpg, Mount Hōō and Mount Fuji from Mount Kaikoma
File:Houou1.JPG, Mount Hōō
File:Mount Yakushigatake from Mount Kannongatake (Mount Hō-ōsan).JPG, Mount Yakushidake from Mount Kannondake
References
See also
*
*
Akaishi Mountains
*
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 ...
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