is one of the

100 Famous Japanese Mountains is a book written in 1964 by mountaineer and author Kyūya Fukada.Hyakumeizan, Hiking Japan!
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, reaching the height of . It is situated in Japan's

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 ...

Toyama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Toyama Prefecture has a population of 1,044,588 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,247.61 km2 (1,640.01 sq mi). Toyama Prefecture borders Ishikawa Prefecture to the ...

. It was specified for

Chūbu-Sangaku National Park is a national park in the Chūbu region of Japan. It was established around the Hida Mountains and encompasses parts of Nagano, Gifu, Toyama and Niigata prefectures. It was designated a national park on December 4, 1934, along with Daisetsuz ...

on December 4, 1934.

Outline

There are a lot of mountains with the same name in Japan, but this is the highest peak. It is a mountain of the

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for a long time as well as

Mount Tate , commonly referred to as Tateyama, is a mountain located in the southeastern area of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the tallest mountains in the Hida Mountains at . It is one of Japan's along with Mount Fuji and Mount Haku. Tateyama c ...

and Mount Ontake.

Bhaisajyaguru Bhaiṣajyaguru ( sa, भैषज्यगुरु, zh, t= , ja, 薬師仏, ko, 약사불, bo, སངས་རྒྱས་སྨན་བླ), or ''Bhaishajyaguru'', formally Bhaiṣajya-guru-vaiḍūrya-prabhā-rāja ("Medicine Master ...

is enshrined in the

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on the top of the mountain.

History

* It was the mountain of no admittance for women before the

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. * 1885 –

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climbed this mountain and

Mount Yari is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains. The peak lies in the southern part of the Hida Mountains (Northern Alps) of Japan, on the border of Ōmachi and Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture and Takayama in Gifu Prefecture. The priest Banryū ...

by the purpose of the measurement investigation etc. * 1904 – Geologist's

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discovered

Cirque A (; from the Latin word ') is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion. Alternative names for this landform are corrie (from Scottish Gaelic , meaning a pot or cauldron) and (; ). A cirque may also be a similarly shaped landf ...

on the east side of the mountain. * 1909 –

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Jūji Tanabe Jūji Tanabe (田部重治 ''Tanabe Jūji''; August 4, 1884 – September 22, 1972) was a Japanese literature scholar, teacher, and mountain climber.Kyūya Fukada climbed, and published

100 Famous Japanese Mountains is a book written in 1964 by mountaineer and author Kyūya Fukada.Hyakumeizan, Hiking Japan!
. Japa ...

in 1964. * December 4, 1934 – This area was specified to the Chūbu-Sangaku National Park. * March 29, 1952 – The cirque of Mount Yakushi was specified for the special

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. * January 15, 1963 – 13 members of

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met an accident in this mountain where a large amount of snows piled, and died.

Cirque on Mount Yakushi

Mount Yakushi from Mount North-Yakushi 1997-08-11

There are 4 large

on the east side of the mountain. * Northern cirque – It is not plain because it collapsed. * Kanasaku valley cirque – This was originated by person's name of Kanasaku Miyamoto. It is between Mount kita-Yakushi and Mount Yakushi. * Central cirque – It is on the southeast side of Mount Yakushi. * Southern cirque – It is on the southeast of Central cirque.

Mountaineering

Main ascent routes

There are several climbing routes to the top of the mountain. * Entrance Arimine (Oritate) : Oritate – Tarōdaira hut – Yakushi mountain pass – Yakushi plain (Yakushi-daira) – Yakushi mountain cottage – Mount Yakushi. This is the shortest route. * Hietsu-shin-dō (Hietsu new route) : Hietsu Tunnel – Sennin mountain pass – Kagami pond – Mount Teraji – Kitanomata hut – Tarōdaira hut – Yakushi mountain pass – Yakushi plain – Yakushi mountain cottage – Mount Yakushi. Also there is Kamioka-shin-dō (Kamioka new route) for Mount Teraji. * From Mount Tate : Murodō – Mount Tate – Ichinokosi mountain cottage – Mount Shishi – Zara mountain pass – Goshikigahara – Mount Ecchuzawa – Sugonokkoshi hut – Hazama Mountain – Mount Kita-Yakushi – Mount Yakushi. * From

Mount Kurobegorō is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains, reaching the height of . It is situated in Japan's Hida Mountains in Gifu Prefecture and Toyama Prefecture. It was specified for Chūbu-Sangaku National Park on December 4, 1934. Outline The origin ...

: Mount Kurobegorō – Mount Kitanomata – (Mount Tarō) – Tarōdaira hut – Yakushi mountain pass – Yakushi plain – Yakushi mountain cottage – Mount Yakushi. There are several route for Mount Kurobegorō.

Mountain hut

Thera are several

Mountain hut A mountain hut is a building located high in the mountains, generally accessible only by foot, intended to provide food and shelter to mountaineers, climbers and hikers. Mountain huts are usually operated by an Alpine Club or some organization ...

around Mount Yakushi. Yakushi mountain cottage is the nearest hut. * – in the col between Mount Ecchuzawa and Mount Hazama (with Campsite), 50 person accommodation * – between Mount Yakushi and Yakushi plain, 60 person accommodation * – between Mount Taro and Kumonotaira, on Kurobe River ashore, 60 person accommodation * – between Yakushi mountain pass and Mount Tarō (with Campsite on Yakushi mountain pass), 150 person accommodation * – in the col between Mount Teraji and Mount Kitanomata (Shelter hut), 8 person accommodation * – in the col between Mount Kurobegorō and Mount Mitsumatarenge (with

Campsite A campsite, also known as a campground or camping pitch, is a place used for overnight stay in an outdoor area. In British English, a ''campsite'' is an area, usually divided into a number of pitches, where people can camp overnight using te ...

), 60 person accommodation * – in the col between Mount Mitsumatagenge and Mount Washiba (with Campsite), 70 person accommodation

Alpine plant

The upper part of this mountain is situated in

Tree line The tree line is the edge of the habitat at which trees are capable of growing. It is found at high elevations and high latitudes. Beyond the tree line, trees cannot tolerate the environmental conditions (usually cold temperatures, extreme snow ...

region,

Siberian Dwarf Pine ''Pinus pumila'', commonly known as the Siberian dwarf pine, dwarf Siberian pine, dwarf stone pine, Japanese stone pine, or creeping pine, is a tree in the family Pinaceae native to northeastern Asia and the Japanese isles. It shares the commo ...

and

Alpine plant Alpine plants are plants that grow in an alpine climate, which occurs at high elevation and above the tree line. There are many different plant species and taxa that grow as a plant community in these alpine tundra. These include perennial grass ...

grow naturally. There are quite a lot of kinds of alpine plant in the surrounding, and it is selected to "the 100 famous Japanese mountains of flower" by Sumie Tanaka. * around Yakushi plain : Phyllodoce aleutica,

Nephrophyllidium ''Nephrophyllidium'' is a monotypic genus of aquatic flowering plants in the family Menyanthaceae. The sole species is ''Nephrophyllidium crista-galli''. They are wetland plants with basal reniform and crenate leaves. Flowers are five-parted ...

, Gentiana thunbergii var. minor,

Anemone narcissiflora ''Anemonastrum narcissiflorum'', the narcissus anemone or narcissus-flowered anemone, is a herbaceous perennial plant, perennial in the genus ''Anemonastrum'' and the Ranunculaceae, buttercup family. Basionym: ''Anemone narcissiflora'' Hook. & A ...

, Trollius japonicus,

etc. * around Yakushi mountain pass : Paris japonica, Maianthemum dilatatum,

Caltha palustris ''Caltha palustris'', known as marsh-marigold and kingcup, is a small to medium size perennial herbaceous plant of the buttercup family, native to marshes, fens, ditches and wet woodland in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. It flowe ...

etc. * around Tarōdaira hut : Veratrum stamineum, Geum pentapetalum, Geranium yesoemse var. nipponicum, Lysichiton camtschatcense, Ranunculus acris, Pedicularis chamissonis var. japonica, Eriophorum vaginatum etc.

Geography

Nearby mountains

Rivers

The mountain is the source of the following rivers, each of which flows to the

Sea of Japan The Sea of Japan is the marginal sea between the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula, and the mainland of the Russian Far East. The Japanese archipelago separates the sea from the Pacific Ocean. Like the Mediterranean Sea, i ...

. * tributary of the Jōganji River * tributaries of the Kurobe River