Mount Hijiri
{{Short description|Mountain in China}}
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{{Infobox mountain
| 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
| coordinates = {{coord|35|25|22|N|138|08|23|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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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
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File:Silene keiskei Shirobanatakanebiranji in Kohijiridake 2002-8-14.jpg
|File:Primula reinii var. kitadakensis Shinanokozakura in Hijiridaira Nagano Pre 1997-6-8.jpg |
Silene seen around Mount Ko-Hijiri
| Primula seen around Mount Hijiri-Daira | Rock ptarmigan and Siberian dwarf pine | Sika deer seen around Mount Hijiri-Daira |
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File:21 Hijiridake from Minamidake 1996-11-16.jpg
|File:Mount Hijiri from Hijiridaira 2002-11-06.jpg |
Mount Hijiri seen from Mount Minami
| Mount Hijiri seen from Hujiri-Daira | Mount Akaishi seen from Mount Hijiri | Mount Oku-Hijiri and Mount Fuji seen from Mount Hijiri |
References
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{{100 Famous Japanese Mountains}}
{{Three-thousander (in Japan)}}
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Category:Mountains of Nagano Prefecture
Category:Mountains of Shizuoka Prefecture
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