Mount Ōdaigahara

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{{short description|Mountain in Japan}}

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| name = Ōdaigahara-san

| other_name = 大台ヶ原山

| photo = Mount Odaigahara - panoramio.jpg

| photo_caption = Mount Odaigahara's massif from the southeast

| elevation_m = 1,695

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| location = Mie and Nara, Japan

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| coordinates = {{coord|34.11|N|136.03|E|type:mountain}}

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| easiest_route = Hiking

| map = Japan#Asia

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{{nihongo|Ōdaigahara-san or Ōdaigahara-yama|大台ヶ原山}}, also {{nihongo|Hinode-ga-take or Hide-ga-take|日出ヶ岳}} is a mountain in the Daikō Mountain Range on the border between the prefectures of Mie and Nara, Japan. Its top is the highest point in Mie at {{convert|1695|m|ft}}. Walking trails from the Nara side start from a car park at about 1,400 metres. The mountain is famous for wild deer, and also for wild birds, especially wrens and Japanese robins, as well as treecreepers and woodpeckers. In 1980, an area of 36,000 hectares in the region of Mount Ōdaigahara and Mount Ōmine was designated a UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Reserve.{{cite web |url=http://www.unesco.org/mabdb/br/brdir/directory/biores.asp?code=JPN+02&mode=all |title=Biosphere Reserve Information - Mount Odaigahara and Mount Omine |publisher=UNESCO |accessdate=29 April 2011}}

The mountain was also selected by the Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun and Osaka Mainichi Shimbun newspapers{{cite web |url=http://www.env.go.jp/nature/ari_kata/shiryou/031208-4-3.pdf |title=日本八景(昭和2年)の選定内容 |publisher=Ministry of the Environment |accessdate=17 March 2011}} as one of the 100 Landscapes of Japan in 1927. It was referenced on American indie folk band Fleet Foxes's 2017 song "Third of May / Ōdaigahara".

File:Mount Ōdaigahara Relief Map, SRTM-1.jpg

File:Mount Odaigahara around Daijagura.jpg