Mount Asahi-yama
Mount Asahi is a mountain in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is part of the Ishikari Mountains. Mount Asahi hosts Mount Asahi Park and Asahiyama Zoo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 283 metres
- Description: mountain in Hokkaido, Japan
- Also known as: “Asahi-yama”, “Mount Asahi”, and “Mount Asahiyama”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Asahiyama Zoo and Asahikawa Tondenhei Village Museum.
Asahiyama Zoo
Zoo
Photo: Mamusi Taka, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Asahiyama Zoo is a municipal zoo that opened in July 1967 in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan, and is the northernmost zoo in the country. In August 2004, over 320,000 people had visited the zoo, the second-highest number of visitors among all the zoos in Japan.
Asahikawa Tondenhei Village Museum
Heritage site
Asahikawa Tondenhei Village Museum opened in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1982. The exhibits include a recreated tondenhei house as well as farming implements, clothes, and documents drawn from the museum's 2,500 objects, among them the Prefectural Cultural Property Illustrated Tales of the Tondenhei - Tondenhei emaki.
Asahikawa shrine
Shinto shrine
Asahikawa Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Asahikawa, Hokkaido. Established in 1893, it is dedicated to the kami Amaterasu and Konohanasakuyahime no mikoto. Its annual festival is on August 15.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Toma and Higashikawa.
Toma
Town
Photo: Asasa198, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tōma is a town located in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of 1 January 2025, the town had an estimated population of 6,119 in 3033 households, and a population density of 30 people per km2. The total area of the town is 204.90 km2.
Higashikawa
Town
Higashikawa is a town located in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of September 2016, the town has an estimated population of 8,092, and a density of 33 persons per km2. Higashikawa is situated 7 km south of Mount Asahi-yama.
Higashikagura
Town
Photo: Birdman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Higashikagura is a town located in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of September 2016, the town has an estimated population of 10,385, and a density of 150 persons per km2. Higashikagura is situated 8 km south of Mount Asahi-yama.
Mount Asahi-yama
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Asahikawa, Northern Circuit, Hokkaido, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.76441° or 43° 45′ 52″ northLongitude
142.4887° or 142° 29′ 19″ eastElevation
283 metres (928 feet)Open location code
8RM4QF7Q+QFOpenStreetMap ID
node 8644129654OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ladin—“Mount Asahi-yama” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Asahi-yama”
- Dutch: “Asahi-yama”
- Dutch: “Mount Asahi”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت اساهى (اليابان)”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت اساهى”
- French: “mont Asahi”
- French: “Mont Asahi”
- Japanese: “Asahiyama”
- Japanese: “あさひやま”
- Japanese: “旭山”
- Japanese: “旭川送信所”
- Ladin: “Mount Asahi”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as 東旭川町倉沼 and 東旭川町豊田.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 旭川雪の村 and Asahiyama Miura Park.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mount Asahi-yama”. Photo: As6022014, Public domain.