What mountains are there in Japan?

Japan has Mount Haruna, Mount Fuji, Mount Koya, Mount Aso, Mount Asama, Mount Akina, Mount Akagi, and Mount Myogi.

1. Mount Myogi

A mountain with an altitude of 1,104 meters located in Shimonita Town, Tomioka City, and Anaka City, Gunma Prefecture. Together with Mount Akagi and Mount Haruna, it is also known as the Kamesan Mountains. It was selected as one of Japan's three most bizarre shapes because of its steep appearance.

Mt. Myogi is the general name for the peaks such as Baiyun Mountain, Jindong Mountain, Jinju Mountain, Somagake Mountain, Odake Mountain, and Chosu no Shougi. The south side is called Omomyogi and the north side is Rimyogi. Among them, Jindong Mountain, which can be seen near Shimonita, is affectionately called Nakanodake by the locals.

2. Mount Fuji

Mount Fuji spans Shizuoka Prefecture (Fujinomiya City, Susono City, Fuji City, Gotemba City, Oyama Town, Juntō County) and Yamanashi Prefecture ( An active volcano between Fujiyoshida City and Narusawa Village in Minamitoryu County). With an altitude of 3776.24 meters, it is the highest peak in Japan.

Mount Fuji is known as the "Holy Mountain" by the Japanese people and is a symbol of the Japanese nation. As one of Japan's national symbols, it enjoys a high reputation around the world. It is also often called "Hibiscus Peak" or "Fugaku" and the "Fuji High Mountain". Japanese poets once praised it with poems such as "The jade fan hangs upside down in the East China Sea and the sky" and "Fuji's white snow reflects the morning sun".

3. Mount Akina

One of the three mountains in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, its real name is Mount Haruna. It is a dual volcano composed of Myoyi, Akagi and Mount Kamige. It is famous for its four thrilling and steep hairpin turns.

4. Mount Akagi

Mount Akagi is located in Gunma Prefecture in the northern Kanto region of Japan. It is an extinct volcano formed by the collision of the Pacific Plate and the Okhotsk Plate. An isolated island-type volcano, it and the other two mountain ranges in the northern part of Kanto, Mount Haruna and Mount Myogi, are often collectively referred to as the Sanmaosan Mountains, of which Mount Akagi is the highest among the three mountains.

Akagi Mountain is the collective name of Kurohinoyama and Jizodake. Among them, Kurohinoyama is the highest peak of the mountain range, with an altitude of 1828 meters. Akagi Shrine is built at the foot of the mountain. There is a collapsed volcano (Caldera) and a volcanic lake at the top of Mount Akagi. The top of the mountain is surrounded by peaks with an altitude of 1,200 to 1,800 meters, and below is the foothill plateau with an altitude of about 800 meters.

5. Koyasan

Koyasan is the general name for a group of mountains with an altitude of about 1,000 meters in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. In the 7th year of Hirohito's reign in the Heian period, Kobo Daishi Kukai practiced here, founded the Koyasan Shingon sect, and then established Kongobuji Temple, the main headquarters of Japanese Buddhism.

Koyasan was founded by Kobo Daishi Kukai with the permission of Emperor Saga in the seventh year of Hirohito (816), and became the basic training place of Shingon Esoteric Buddhism. It has been nearly 1,200 years since its creation and it is a famous mountain in history.