is one of the

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, reaching the height of . It is situated in

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Hida Mountains The , or , is a Japanese mountain range which stretches through Nagano, Toyama and Gifu prefectures. A small portion of the mountains also reach into Niigata Prefecture. William Gowland coined the phrase "Japanese Alps" during his time in Japa ...

Gifu Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Gifu Prefecture has a population of 1,991,390 () and has a geographic area of . Gifu Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the north; Ishikawa Prefecture to the northwest, ...

and in

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. The shape of the mountain looks like the

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("Kasa"-笠) in the triangle. Therefore, it became this name. There are many mountains with same name in Japan and this is the tallest.

History

* In 1683 – It was said that

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had opened this mountain. * In 1894, August 2 – Englishman

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had climbed on the top. * In 1913, August –

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had climbed on the top. * In 1932 –

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of Kasa Mountain Cottage (笠ヶ岳山荘) was constructed near the top. * In 1934, December 4 – This area was specified to the Chūbu-Sangaku National Park. * In 1964 – "Kasa-shin-dō"(笠新道) of the new

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had been made. Then it is the main route to the Mount Kasa. * In 1993 –

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of Mount Kasa and

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was put on the market by the

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. * In 1995 – Sumie Tanaka (田中澄江 ''Tanaka Sumie'') completed ''New Flowers of the 100 Mountains'', which featured many of the

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(Trollius japonicus シナノキンバイ and others) on Mount Kasa.

Mountaineering

Main ascent routes

Hida Mountains from Mount Kasa 2002-8-29

There are three climbing routes to the top of the mountain. ;Kasa-shin-dō :Shin-Hotaka

Onsen In Japan, are the country's hot springs and the bathing facilities and traditional inns around them. As a volcanically active country, Japan has many onsens scattered throughout all of its major islands. There are approximately 25,000 hot ...

(新穂高温泉) – Mount Nukedo – Kasa Mountain Cottage – Mount Kasa ;Valley Kuriya :Nakao-Kōgen-guchi(中尾高原口) –

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Kuriya – Mount Kasa ;Traverses Route of Northern Japanese Alps(Hida Mountains) from north side :Mount Sugoroku –

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– Mount Nukedo – Kasa Mountain Cottage – Mount Kasa

Mountain hut

Thera are several

around Mount Kasa. Around Shin-Hotaka-Onsen, there are many hot spring (

) to take the tiredness and to relax. * Kasa Mountain Cottage (笠ヶ岳山荘) – near the top (with

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) * Wasabi-Daira Hut (ワサビ平小屋) – near the entrance of Kasa-shin-dō * Kagami-Daira Mountain Cottage (鏡平山荘) – near the

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Kagami(鏡池) * Sugoroku Hut (双六小屋) – between Mount Sugoroku and Mount Momisawa (with Campsite)

Geography

It is the mountain that consists chiefly of the

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. The higher region than Shakushi-daira(杓子平) are the forest limit of

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belt, and the place that

grows naturally and

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live.

Nearby mountains

Mount Kasa is on the subridge (from Mount Sugoroku) of the main ridge line in the southern part of the

.　There are Mount Shakujō and Mount Ōkibanotsuji on the southern ridge. Mount Yari and Mount Hotaka from Mount Kasa 1999-8-8

Rivers

The mountain is the source of the following

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s, each of which flows to the

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. * Sugoroku River (a

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of the

Jinzū River The is a river that flows from Gifu Prefecture to Toyama Prefecture in Japan. It is called Miya River (宮川 ''Miya-gawa'') in Gifu. It is in length and has a watershed of . Geography The river flows from Mount Kaore in Gifu and meets the Tak ...

) * Gamata River (tributaries of the

Takahara River The has its source at Mount Norikura in the northern part of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and flows into Toyama Prefecture, where it joins with the Jinzū River. It is a Class 1 River. The river was polluted with cadmium due to mining at the Kamioka ...

)

Gallery

File:Mount_Kasagatake_from_Mount_Nukedo_1999-8-8.jpg, Mount Kasa
from Mount Nukedo File:Kasagatake Takayama02s3872.jpg, Mount Kasa
from south File:Mount Kasa and Mount Yari from Mount Kurai 2005-3-21.JPG, Mount Kasa
from Mount Kurai File:Mount_Kasa_from_Mount_Suisho_2004-8-13.jpg, Mount Kasa and Hida Mountains
from Mount Suisho