Mount Iide Explained

Mount Iide
Elevation M:2105
Location:Fukushima, Tōhoku region, Japan
Range:Iide mountain range
Coordinates:37.8547°N 139.7072°W

is the main peak of the Iide mountain range that spans the Fukushima, Niigata and Yamagata prefectures in Japan. On top of the mountain stands the . Mount Iide is, together with the rest of the range, one of the mountains described in Kyūya Fukada's book 100 Famous Japanese Mountains.[1]

Mount Iide is located at 2105 m[2] above sea level but is not the highest peak of the Iide mountain range even though it is the main peak of the range. The highest is that is 2128 m high.

The mountain is located on the border between Niigata prefecture and Yamagata prefecture, but the summit itself, Mount Iide Shrine and a path roughly one meter wide leading there belongs to Kitakata, Fukushima. This was a response to complaints when Higashikanbara District was transferred from Fukushima to Niigata during the Meiji period. As a result, Fukushima prefecture has an uneven border, with an arm stretching through the Iide mountain range up to the Mount Iide Shrine.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Fukada, Kyūya. 日本百名山 (Nihon hyaku meizan). 1978. Shinchōsha. Tōkyō. 978-4-10-122002-4. 108–112. Kaihan..
  2. Web site: ja:山都町の紹介. http://www.city.kitakata.fukushima.jp/2600/2609/003445.html. Kitakata-shi, Fukushima official webpage. 5 August 2011. Japanese. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110819072857/http://www.city.kitakata.fukushima.jp/2600/2609/003445.html. 19 August 2011.
  3. Web site: ja:飯豊山の概要 > 飯豊山の歴史. http://www.kitakata-kanko.jp/iidesannomegumi/outline/history.php. Kitakata Sightseeing Association. Kitakata City. August 15, 2011. Japanese. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120330195908/http://www.kitakata-kanko.jp/iidesannomegumi/outline/history.php. March 30, 2012.