is the name of three

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s in

Gifu Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Gifu Prefecture has a population of 1,991,390 () and has a geographic area of . Gifu Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the north; Ishikawa Prefecture to the northwest, F ...

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. One of the mountains is on the border of Gifu and

Aichi is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectu ...

prefectures. Another mountain is on the border of Gifu and

Nagano Nagano may refer to: Places * Nagano Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan ** Nagano (city), the capital city of the same prefecture *** Nagano 1998, the 1998 Winter Olympics *** Nagano Olympic Stadium, a baseball stadium in Nagano *** Nagano Universi ...

prefectures. The third mountain is located on the border of all three prefectures. All three mountains are included in this article.

Gifu and Aichi

The Mount Mikuni separating Gifu and Aichi prefectures is located in Gifu's Toki and Aichi's

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. It is in height and received its name because it was located on the border of the former provinces of

Mino Mino may refer to: Places in Japan * Mino, Gifu, a city in Gifu Prefecture * Mino, Kagawa, a former town in Kagawa Prefecture * Mino, Tokushima, a town in Tokushima Prefecture * Mino, an alternate spelling of Minoh, a city in Osaka Prefecture * Mi ...

, Owari and Mikawa.Toki Mount Mikuni Prefectural Park
. Gifu Prefectural Library. Accessed June 26, 2008. A four-story observation deck, a prefectural park and camp grounds are located on top of the mountain. The park has an area of . There are no other tall mountains nearby, so many visitors come to the park at night because the observation deck offers a good view of the surrounding

Nōbi Plain The is a large plain in Japan that stretches from the Mino area of southwest Gifu Prefecture to the Owari area of northwest Aichi Prefecture, covering an area of approximately .

. The summit can be reached by car and is about from Route 363. A small road through the forest begins in the city of Toyota. Aichi International Broadcasting Co. has antennas near the mountain peak. Other digital broadcasters also had antennas on the top of the mountain, but spillover from the competing signals caused problems. To solve the problem, a new tower was built in

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and the signals do not interfere with each other anymore. Coordinates:

Gifu and Nagano

The Mount Mikuni separating Gifu and Nagano prefectures is located in Gifu's

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and

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and Nagano's Ōtaki,

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. It is in height and is part of the Adera Mountains (阿寺山地 ''Adera Sanchi''). It received its name because it was located on the border of the former provinces of Hida,

and Shinano. It is also one of "Gifu's 100 Mountains." The ''kanji'' for this mountain are sometimes read as Mount Sangoku (三国山 ''Sangoku-san''). Coordinates:

Gifu, Aichi and Nagano

The Mount Mikuni separating the three prefectures is located in Gifu's

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; Nagano's Neba, Shimoina District; and Aichi's

. It is in height and received its name because it was located on the border of the former provinces of

, Shinano and Mikawa. The Aichi Prefecture side of the mountain is home to Nagoya Kōchin (名古屋コーチン), a regional breed of

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. There is also a dirt track for car racing on the mountain. During the

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Epoch, the mountain was an active volcano and caused the "turtle shell stones" (亀甲岩 ''kikkōiwa''), which are a natural treasure of the village of Neba. Coordinates:

References

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