Mount Hijiri

Mount Hijiri
Mount Hijiri
聖岳
	Mount Hijiri from Mount Yanbushi
Highest point
Elevation	3,013 m (9,885 ft)
Listing	100 Famous Japanese Mountains
Geography
	Mount Hijiri Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture; Iida, Nagano Prefecture,; Japan
Parent range	Akaishi Mountains
Climbing
Easiest route	Hiking

Mount Hijiri (聖岳, Hijiri-dake) is a mountain located in the Akaishi Mountains in both Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture and Iida, Nagano Prefecture, in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is 3,013 m (9,885 ft) tall and part of the Akaishi Mountains.^[1] It is the mountain in Minami Alps National Park located in the south most.^[2] It is also included on the list of "100 Famous Japanese Mountains." There are several mountain climbing trails and Mountain hut around the mountain. There is the Hijiri-Daira hut in the Mountain pass in the south.

Animal and Alpine plant

A lot of alpine plants and Rock Ptarmigan are seen in the upper alpine region. Sika Deer is seen in the hillside.


Silene seen around Mount Ko-Hijiri	Primula seen around Mount Hijiri-Daira	Rock Ptarmigan and Siberian Dwarf Pine	Sika Deer seen around Mount Hijiri-Daira


Mount Hijiri seen from Mount Minami	Mount Hijiri seen from Hujiri-Daira	Mount Akaishi seen from Mount Hijiri	Mount Oku-Hijiri and Mount Fuji seen from Mount Hijiri

^ 北岳 (in Japanese). Yamanashi NichiNichi Newspaper on Minami Alps Net. Archived from the original on December 25, 2009. Retrieved December 25, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ "Minami Alps National Park". Ministry of the Environment (Japan). Retrieved 2011-05-11.

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v t e Three-thousanders (in Japan)
Independent peak	Mount Fuji Mount Ontake
Hida Mountains (Northern Alps)	Mount Okuhotaka Mount Yari Mount Karasawa Mount Kitahotaka Mount Ōbami Mount Maehotaka Mount Naka Mount Minami Mount Norikura Mount Tate
Akaishi Mountains (Southern Alps)	Mount Kita Mount Aino Mount Warusawa Mount Akaishi Mount Arakawa Mount Nōtori Mount Shiomi Mount Senjō Mount Hijiri
100 Famous Japanese Mountains List of mountains in Japan