List of Japanese prefectures by highest mountain

The table shows the highest mountains by prefectures of Japan. Where the highest point of a prefecture is not a peak, it will be separately described.

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Highest mountains
Prefecture Mountain Elevation (m) Cordillera Note Image
Hokkaido Daisetsuzan (Asahi-dake) 2,291 Ishikari Mountains 100 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Aomori Mount Iwaki 1,625 Standalone 100 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Iwate Mount Iwate 2,038 Ōu Mountains 100 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Miyagi Mount Byōbu 1,825 Mount Zaō 100 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Akita[1] Mount Akita-Komagatake (Onagadake) 1,637 Ōu Mountains 200 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Yamagata Mount Chōkai (Shinzan) 2,236 Hinotodake Mountains 100 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Fukushima Mount Hiuchigatake (Shibayasugura) 2,356 Standalone 100 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Ibaraki Mount Yamizo 1,022 Yamizo Mountains 300 Famous Japanese Mountains link
Tochigi Mount Nikkō-Shirane 2,578 Nikkō Mountains 100 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Gunma Mount Nikkō-Shirane 2,578 Nikkō Mountains 100 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Saitama Mount Sanpō 2,483 Okuchichibu Mountains  
Chiba Mount Atago 408 Bōsō Hill Range JASDF Mineokayama Sub Base[2]  
Tokyo Mount Kumotori 2,017 Okutama 100 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Kanagawa Mount Hiru 1,673 Tanzawa Mountains 100 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Niigata Mount Korenge 2,766[3] Northern Alps  
Toyama Mount Tate (Mount Ōnanji) 3,015 Northern Alps 100 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Ishikawa Mount Haku (Gozengamine) 2,702 Ryōhaku Mountains 100 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Fukui Mount Sannomine 2,095 Ryōhaku Mountains Southern peak of Mount Sannomine  
Yamanashi Mount Fuji (Kengamine) 3,776 Standalone 100 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Nagano Mount Hotakadake 3,190 Northern Alps 100 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Gifu Mount Hotakadake 3,190 Northern Alps 100 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Shizuoka Mount Fuji (Kengamine) 3,776 Standalone 100 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Aichi Mount Chausu 1,415 Minomikawa Highland  
Mie Mount Ōdaigahara (Hinodegatake) 1,695 Kii Mountains 100 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Shiga Mount Ibuki 1,377 Ibuki Mountains 100 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Kyoto Mount Minago 972 Tamba Mountains  
Osaka[4] Mount Yamato Katsuragi 959 Kongō Range 300 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Hyogo Mount Hyōno 1,510 Chūgoku Mountains 200 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Nara Prefecture Mount Hakkyō (Mount Hakken) 1,915 Kii Mountains 100 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Wakayama[5] Mount Ryūjin 1,382 Kii Mountains  
Tottori Mount Daisen (Kengamine) 1,729 Daisen Mountains 100 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Shimane Mount Osorakan 1,346 Kanmuri Mountains  
Okayama Mount Ushiro 1,345 Chūgoku Mountains link
Hiroshima Mount Osorakan 1,346 Kanmuri Mountains  
Yamaguchi Mount Jakuchi 1,337 Kanmuri Mountains  
Tokushima Mount Tsurugi 1,955 Shikoku Mountains 100 Famous Japanese Mountains link
Kagawa Mount Ryūō 1,060 Sanuki Mountains  
Ehime Mount Ishizuchi (Tengadake) 1,982 Shikoku Mountains 100 Famous Japanese Mountains link
Kochi Mount Miune 1,893 Shikoku Mountains 200 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Fukuoka[6] Mount Shaka 1,230 Tsue Cordillera (Shakagatake)  
Saga Mount Kyō 1,076 Tara Mountains 300 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Nagasaki Mount Unzen (Heisei Shizan) 1,486 Unzen Mountains 200 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Kumamoto Mount Kunimi 1,739 Kyushu Mountains 300 Famous Japanese Mountains
Ōita Mount Kujū (Nakadake) 1,791 Kyushu Mountains 100 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Miyazaki Mount Sobo 1,756 Kyushu Mountains 100 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Kagoshima Mount Miyanoura 1,936 Yakushima 100 Famous Japanese Mountains  
Okinawa Mount Omoto 526 Ishigaki Island  

References

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  • 田代博、藤本一美、清水長正、高田将志 『山の地図と地形』 山と渓谷社、1996年
  • 日本の主な山岳標高 都道府県別最高地点の一覧(国土地理院
  • 『山の便利手帳2001』山と渓谷2001年1月号第786号付録、山と渓谷社、2001年、P350

Notes

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  1. ^ The highest point of Akita Prefecture is mountainside of Mount Chōkai at elevation 1,775m.
  2. ^ Mount Atago is within the range of a sub base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, therefore it is the only highest peaks by prefecture that requires permission for entry.
  3. ^ The summit of Mount Korenge collapsed in June 2007 and the triangular point was lost. When a new triangular point was set up by the Geospatial Information Authority, the new elevation was measured to be 2,766m, or 3 metres lower than before.
  4. ^ The highest point of Osaka Prefecture is mountainside of Mount Kongō at elevation 1,056m.
  5. ^ In the past, Mount Gomadan was considered the highest peak, but a mountain about 700 metres east of that was found to be about 10 meters higher in November 2000. That mountain was named Mount Ryūjin by popular vote of the residents of Tanabe City.
  6. ^ The elevation used here is that of Hon-Shaka on the border of Fukuoka and Ota Prefectures. The summit of the same mountain is Fugendake (1,231m) on the Ōita side.

See also

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