is the highest mountain in the
Kitakami Range, located in the
Tōhoku region
The , Northeast region, , or consists of the northeastern portion of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. This traditional region consists of six prefectures (): Akita, Aomori, Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi, and Yamagata.
Tōhoku retains ...
of northern
Honshū
, historically known as , is the largest of the four main islands of Japan. It lies between the Pacific Ocean (east) and the Sea of Japan (west). It is the seventh-largest island in the world, and the second-most populous after the Indonesian ...
, Japan. With an elevation of , it is the second highest in
Iwate Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. It is the second-largest Japanese prefecture (behind Hokkaido) at , with a population of 1,165,886 (as of July 1, 2023). Iwate Prefecture borders Aomori Pre ...
after
Mount Iwate. Mount Hayachine is mentioned in ''
'', a book written in 1964 by
Kyūya Fukada
was a Japanese people, Japanese writer and mountaineer active during the Shōwa period in Japan.
Early life
Kyūya was born in what is now Kaga, Ishikawa, Kaga city, Ishikawa prefecture. He attended the Fujishima High School, followed by the pr ...
.
[Hyakumeizan, Hiking Japan!](_blank)
. Japan Gazetteer. Accessed June 27, 2008. The mountain is on the borders of the municipalities of
Hanamaki,
Tōno, and
Miyako, east of the prefectural capital of
Morioka
is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Iwate Prefecture located in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. On 1 August 2023, the city had an estimated population of 283,981 in 132,719 households, and a population density of . The total area of t ...
.
Outline
Mount Hayachine is composed of
peridotite olivine and
serpentine rock, and is unusual in that it lies farther east than other large mountains on Honshū, and is geologically part of the oldest formation in Japan. There are many
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 taxon, taxa that grow as a plant community in these alpine tundra. These include perennial g ...
s and flower species that are endemic to the area. It is also the southernmost location for the
Sakhalin Spruce. For these reasons, 1370 hectares were declared a
Special Nature Conservation Area on May 17, 1975 by the national government. On June 10, 1982 an additional 5463 hectares became
Hayachine Quasi-National Park
is a quasi-national park in central Iwate Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. It is rated a protected landscape (category II) according to the IUCN.
Established in 1982, the park's central features are Mount Hayachine () an ...
.
See also
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References
External links
Hiking in Japan: Mount Hayachine
Mountains of Iwate Prefecture
Miyako, Iwate
Tōno, Iwate
Hanamaki, Iwate
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