Mount Hijiri

{{Short description|Mountain in China}}

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| name = Mount Hijiri

| other_name = 聖岳

| photo = Mt Hijiri (200805).jpg

| photo_caption = Mount Hijiri from Mount Yanbushi

| elevation_m = 3013

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| listing = 100 Famous Japanese Mountains

| location = Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture
Iida, Nagano Prefecture,
Japan

| range = Akaishi Mountains

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{{nihongo|Mount Hijiri|聖岳|Hijiri-dake}} is a mountain located in the Akaishi Mountains in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, (Shizuoka Prefecture) and Iida, (Nagano Prefecture) in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is {{Convert|3013|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} high.{{cite web |url=http://www.minamialps-net.jp/data/article/4.html |script-title=ja:北岳 |trans-title=Mount Kita |publisher=Yamanashi NichiNichi Newspaper on Minami Alps Net |accessdate=December 25, 2009 |language=ja |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722113842/http://www.minamialps-net.jp/data/article/4.html |archivedate=July 22, 2011 |url-status=dead}} It is the southernmost mountain in Minami Alps National Park{{cite web |url=http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/park/parks/minamialps.html |title=Minami Alps National Park |publisher=Ministry of the Environment (Japan) |accessdate=May 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110322202027/https://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/park/parks/minamialps.html |archive-date=March 22, 2011 |url-status=dead}} and is included on the list of "100 Famous Japanese Mountains". There are several mountain climbing trails and mountain huts around the mountain including the Hijiri-Daira hut in the mountain pass in the south.

Animals and Alpine plants

A lot of alpine plants and rock ptarmigans are seen in the upper alpine region. Sika deer are seen on the hillside.

See also

Gallery

References

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Category:Akaishi Mountains

Mount Hijiri

Category:Mountains of Nagano Prefecture

Category:Mountains of Shizuoka Prefecture

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