is a mountain located in the

Kabato Mountains is a mountain range on the western coast of Hokkaidō. It is part of the Mashike Mountains. Geology Early Cretaceous aged igneous and sedimentary rocks are exposed in the Kabato Mountains and are referred to as the Kumaneshiri Group. The Kuman ...

on the border of Tōbetsu and Shintotsukawa,

Hokkaidō is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel. The la ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. Pinneshiri derives its name from the

Ainu language Ainu (, ), or more precisely Hokkaido Ainu, is a language spoken by a few elderly members of the Ainu people on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. It is a member of the Ainu language family, itself considered a language family isolate ...

''pinne-sir'', meaning "male land". The name of neighboring

Mount Machine is a mountain located in the Kabato Mountains on the border of Tōbetsu, Hokkaidō, Tōbetsu and Shintotsukawa, Hokkaidō, Shintotsukawa, Hokkaidō, Japan. Mount Machine derives its name from the Ainu language ''matne-sir'', meaning "female land" ...

means "female land". Pinneshiri,

Mount Kamuishiri is a mountain located in the Kabato Mountains of Tōbetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan. Pinneshiri, Mount Kamuishiri, and Mount Machine is a mountain located in the Kabato Mountains on the border of Tōbetsu, Hokkaidō, Tōbetsu and Shintotsukawa, Hok ...

, and

are together known as .

Climbing route

There are two climbing routes: * Shintotsukawa course * Dōmin no Mori course On the first Sunday of July, Shintotsukawa hosts

References

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