Mount Hijiri

Mountain in China

Mount Hijiri

Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture
Iida, Nagano Prefecture,
Japan

Parent rangeAkaishi Mountains

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 3,013 m (9,885 ft) high.^[1] It is the southernmost mountain in Minami Alps National Park^[2] 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.

Gallery


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


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

^ 北岳 [Mount Kita] (in Japanese). Yamanashi NichiNichi Newspaper on Minami Alps Net. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved December 25, 2009.
^ "Minami Alps National Park". Ministry of the Environment (Japan). Archived from the original on March 22, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2011.

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100 Famous Japanese Mountains

Hokkaidō

Tōhoku region
Jōshinetsu region

Kantō region

Chūbu region

Hida Mountains (Northern Alps)	Mt. Shirouma Mt. Goryu Mt. Kashimayari Mt. Tsurugi Mt. Tate Mt. Yakushi Mt. Kurobegorō Mt. Kuro (Suishō) Mt. Washiba Mt. Yari Mt. Hotaka Mt. Jōnen Mt. Kasa Mt. Yake Mt. Norikura
Kiso Mountains (Central Alps)	Mt. Kisokoma Mt. Utsugi Mt. Ena
Akaishi Mountains (Southern Alps)	Mt. Kaikoma Mt. Senjō Mt. Hōō Mt. Kita Mt. Aino Mt. Shiomi Mt. Warusawa Mt. Akaishi Mt. Hijiri Mt. Tekari
Others	Mt. Fuji Mt. Ontake Utsukushigahara [ja] Mt. Kirigamine Mt. Tateshina Yatsugatake Mt. Haku Mt. Arashima Mt. Azumaya

Western Japan

Kyūya Fukada
List of mountains in Japan
Three-thousanders (in Japan)
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Independent peak	Mount Fuji Mount Ontake
Hida Mountains (Northern Alps)	Mount Okuhotaka Mount Yari Mount Karasawa Mount Kitahotaka Mount Ōbami Mount Maehotaka Mount Naka Mount Minami Mount Norikura Mount Tate
Akaishi Mountains (Southern Alps)	Mount Kita Mount Aino Mount Warusawa Mount Akaishi Mount Arakawa Mount Nōtori Mount Shiomi Mount Senjō Mount Hijiri
100 Famous Japanese Mountains List of mountains in Japan