is a mountain located in the Akaishi Mountains on the border between, Yamanashi 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 ...

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Outline

This area 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 ...

that was established on June 1, 1964.Minami Alps National Park
(HP of the Ministry of the Environment) This mountain is also one of the "200 Famous Japanese Mountains". There is no general mountain climbing trail. Therefore, it is difficult to climb it. There is the shelter

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("6th Stone-Hut") between this mountain and

Mount Kaikoma is a mountain of the Akaishi Mountains, located on the border of Hokuto in Yamanashi Prefecture, and Ina in Nagano Prefecture, in the Chūbu region of Japan. Geography The peak is in elevation.

. The original hut was rebuilt in 2006.

Geography

Nearby Mountains

It is on the main ridge line in the northern edge of the Akaishi Mountains.

River of source

Mount Nokogiri is the source of the Fuji River. The

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. * Fuji River * Todai River (

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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 ...

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Gallery

Image:Mount_Nokogiri_from_Utajyuku_2005-5-4.JPG, Mount Nokogiri from Utajuku Image:Umanose_from_Kosenjo_2001-8-17.jpg, Mount Nokogiri and Uma-no-Se from Mount Ko-Senjō Image:Mount_Nokogiri_from_Mount_Kosenjo_2003-1-1.jpg, Mount Nokogiri from Mount Ko-Senjō Image:Akaishi_Mountains_from_Mount_Amigasa_1995-5-28.jpg,

Mount Kita is a mountain of the Akaishi Mountains−"Southern Alps" (南アルプス ''Minami-Arupusu''), in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. It is the second tallest mountain in Japan, after Mount Fuji, and is known as "the Leader of the Southern Alps".

and Mount Nokogiri from Yatsugatake

References

External links

Geographical Survey Institute
Akaishi Mountains Japan Alps Mountains of Yamanashi Prefecture Mountains of Nagano Prefecture Minami Alps National Park {{Nagano-geo-stub