Mount Hijiri

Mount Hijiri
聖岳
Mount Hijiri from Mount Yanbushi
Highest point
Elevation	3,013 m (9,885 ft)
Listing	100 Famous Japanese Mountains
Coordinates	35°25′22″N 138°08′23″E / 35.42278°N 138.13972°E / 35.42278; 138.13972Coordinates: 35°25′22″N 138°08′23″E / 35.42278°N 138.13972°E / 35.42278; 138.13972
Geography
Mount Hijiri Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture Iida, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Parent range	Akaishi Mountains
Climbing
Easiest route	Hiking

Mount Hijiri (聖岳, Hijiri-dake) is a mountain located in the Akaishi Mountains in both Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture and Iida, Nagano Prefecture, in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is 3,013 m (9,885 ft) tall and part of the Akaishi Mountains.^[1] It is the mountain in Minami Alps National Park located in the south most.^[2] It is also included on the list of "100 Famous Japanese Mountains." There are several mountain climbing trails and Mountain hut around the mountain. There is the Hijiri-Daira hut in the Mountain pass in the south.

Animal and Alpine plant

A lot of alpine plants and Rock Ptarmigan are seen in the upper alpine region. Sika Deer is seen in the hillside.


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

↑ 北岳 [Mount Kita] (in Japanese). Yamanashi NichiNichi Newspaper on Minami Alps Net. Archived from the original on December 25, 2009. Retrieved December 25, 2009.
↑ "Minami Alps National Park". Ministry of the Environment (Japan). Retrieved 2011-05-11.

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100 Famous Japanese Mountains

Tōhoku region
Jōshinetsu region

Hida Mountains (Northern Alps)	Mt. Shirouma Mt. Goryū Mt. Kashima Yari 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. Ontake Utsukushigahara Mt. Kirigamine Mt. Tateshina Yatsugatake Mt. Haku Mt. Arashima

Western Japan

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Three-thousanders (in Japan)

Independent peak	Mt. Fuji Mt. Ontake

Hida Mountains (Northern Alps)	Mt. Okuhotaka Mt. Yari Mt. Karasawa Mt. Kitahotaka Mt. Ōbami Mt. Maehotaka Mt. Naka Mt. Minami Mt. Norikura Mt. Tate

Akaishi Mountains (Southern Alps)	Mt. Kita Mt. Aino Mt. Warusawa Mt. Akaishi Mt. Arakawa Mt. NishiNōtori Mt. Shiomi Mt. Senjō Mt. Hijiri

100 Famous Japanese Mountains List of mountains in Japan

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