Parent range Asahi Mountains Elevation 1,870 m | First ascent Ridge Easiest route Hiking | |
Listing 100 Famous Japanese Mountains Translation Mount Rising Run (Japanese) Similar Mount Iide, Mount Gassan, Mt Itoh, Mount Tanigawa, Mt Makihata | ||
Mount Asahi (朝日岳, Asahidake) is a mountain located on the border of Yamagata Prefecture with Niigata Prefecture, in northern Japan. It is part of the Asahi Mountain Range, which is part of Bandai-Asahi National Park. The mountain has a peak Ō-Asahidake (大朝日岳) with a height of 1,870 metres (6,140 ft) which is wholly within Yamagata Prefecture, and a secondary peak Ko-Asahidake (小朝日岳) with a height of 1,648 metres (5,407 ft) to the northeast. Another peak in the same range, Nishi-Asahidake (西朝日岳) to the northwest has a height of 1,814 metres (5,951 ft).
Map of Mount Asahi, Oisawa, Nishikawa, Nishimurayama District, Yamagata Prefecture 990-0721, Japan
It is one of the mountains described in Kyūya Fukada's book 100 Famous Japanese Mountains.
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