Japanese Alps
Japanese Alps is a locality in Japan and has an elevation of 2,500 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Yari and Mt. Yumiori.
Mount Yari
Peak
Photo: Alpsdake, Public domain.
Mount Yari is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains. The 3,180-metre-high peak lies in the southern part of the Hida Mountains of Japan, on the border of Ōmachi and Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture and Takayama in Gifu Prefecture. Mount Yari is situated 3½ km southeast of Japanese Alps.
Mt. Yumiori
Peak
Mount Yumiori is a mountain located in the city of Takayama, Gifu, Japan. It is 2,592 m tall and part of the Hida Mountains.
Japanese Alps
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Central Mountain Knot”, “Hida Range”, and “Nihon’arupusu”
- Location: Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
36.3644° or 36° 21′ 52″ northLongitude
137.6216° or 137° 37′ 18″ eastElevation
2,500 metres (8,202 feet)Open location code
8Q8V9J7C+PJGeoNames ID
1855449
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Portuguese—“Japanese Alps” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “日本阿尔卑斯山脉”
- Dutch: “Japanse Alpen”
- German: “Japanische Alpen”
- Japanese: “日本アルプス”
- Korean: “일본 알프스”
- Polish: “Alpy Japońskie”
- Portuguese: “Alpes japoneses”
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