Mount Chōkai
Mt. Chokai is a 2236-m-high mountain in southern Akita/northern Yamagata. Hiking Mt. Chokai is a regular undertaking, particularly in the summer. The mountain can also be climbed in the winter.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 2,236 metres
- Description: volcano in Akita and Yamagata Prefectures, Japan
- Also known as: “Chōkai Mountain”, “Chokai-san”, “Chōkai-san”, “Chokai-zan”, “Mount Chiokai”, “Mount Chokai”, “Mt. Chokai”, “Tschokai San”, “Tyōkai San”, “Tyōkaizan”, “出羽富士”, and “庄内富士”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chōkaisan Ōmonoimi Shrine and Lake Chōkai.
Chōkaisan Ōmonoimi Shrine
Shinto shrine
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chōkaisan Ōmonoimi Shrine, also known as Chokaisan Ōmonoimi-jinja, is a Shinto shrine on Mount Chokai in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. The shrine has three parts on different parts of the mountain: Fukura-kuchinomiya and Warabioka-kuchinomiya at the foot of the mountain and easier to access for visitors, and the main shrine – known as Sanchō-Gohonsha – on the mountain's summit.
Mount Chōkai
- Categories: hometown Fuji and landform
- Location: Yuza Machi, Akumi district, Yamagata, Tohoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
39.09925° or 39° 5′ 57″ northLongitude
140.05035° or 140° 3′ 1″ eastElevation
2,236 metres (7,336 feet)Open location code
8RF233X2+M4OpenStreetMap ID
node 1344157430OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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Satellite Map
Discover Mount Chōkai from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bengali to Western Panjabi—“Mount Chōkai” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “চৌকাই পর্বত”
- Burmese: “ချောခိုင်းတောင်”
- Catalan: “mont Chōkai”
- Cebuano: “Chōkai-zan”
- Chinese: “鳥海山”
- Chinese: “鸟海山”
- Czech: “Čókai”
- Dutch: “Mount Chōkai”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت تشوكاى”
- French: “Fuji de Dewai”
- French: “Fuji de Shōnai”
- French: “mont Chōkai”
- French: “Mont Chōkai”
- Indonesian: “Gunung Chōkai”
- Japanese: “Chōkai-san”
- Japanese: “ちょうかいさん”
- Japanese: “鳥海山”
- Korean: “조카이산”
- Persian: “کوه چوکائی”
- Persian: “کوه چوکای”
- Persian: “کوهٔ چوکای”
- Russian: “Тёкай”
- Slovak: “Čókai”
- Spanish: “Monte Chōkai”
- Thai: “ภูเขาโจไก”
- Turkish: “Chōkai Dağı”
- Uzbek: “Chōkai togʻi”
- Vietnamese: “Núi Chōkai”
- Western Panjabi: “ٹلہ چوکائ”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as 荒神ヶ岳 and 伏拝岳.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mount Shichiko and Summit of Mt. Chokai (Shinzan).
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