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Mount Hayachine

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Parent range
  
Kitakami Range

Easiest route
  
Hiking

Elevation
  
1,914 m

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Mountain range
  
Kitakami Range, Kitakami Mountains

Similar
  
Mount Iwate, Mount Yakushi, Mount Akita‑Komagatake, Mt Kurikoma, Mt Himekami

Mt hayachine


Mount Hayachine (早池峰山, Hayachine-san), at 1,917 m (6,289 ft), is the highest mountain in the Kitakami Range and the second highest in Iwate Prefecture after Mount Iwate.

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Map of Hayachine-san, Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

Mt. Hayachine is unusual in that it lies farther east than other large mountains on Honshu and the land in this area is the oldest in Japan. As such there are flower species that are unique to this mountain.

Unesco intangible cultural heritage kagura on the mount hayachine mountaintop


References

Mount Hayachine Wikipedia