Mount Asahi | |
Other Name: | 朝日岳 |
Elevation M: | 1870 |
Map: | Japan Yamagata Prefecture |
Map Size: | 280 |
Listing: | 100 Famous Japanese Mountains |
Translation: | Mount Rising Run |
Language: | Japanese |
Location: | Yamagata, Tōhoku, Japan |
Range: | Asahi Mountains |
Coordinates: | 38.2606°N 139.9222°W |
First Ascent: | Ridge |
Easiest Route: | Hiking |
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 with a height of 1870m (6,140feet) which is wholly within Yamagata Prefecture, and a secondary peak with a height of 1648m (5,407feet) to the northeast. Another peak in the same range, to the northwest has a height of 1814m (5,951feet).
It is one of the mountains described in Kyūya Fukada's book 100 Famous Japanese Mountains.[1]