Mount Asahi (Yamagata)

Mount Asahi
朝日岳
Ō-Asahidake
Highest point
Elevation	1,870 m (6,140 ft)
Listing	100 Famous Japanese Mountains
Coordinates	38°15′38″N 139°55′20″E / 38.26056°N 139.92222°ECoordinates: 38°15′38″N 139°55′20″E / 38.26056°N 139.92222°E
Naming
Translation	Mount Rising Run (Japanese)
Geography
Mount Asahi Yamagata, Tōhoku, Japan
Parent range	Asahi Mountains
Climbing
First ascent	Ridge
Easiest route	Hiking

Mount Asahi (朝日岳 Asahidake) is a mountain located on the border of Yamagata Prefecture with Niigata Prefecture, in northern Japan. It is part of the Asahi Mountain Range, which is part of Bandai-Asahi National Park. The mountain has a peak Ō-Asahidake (大朝日岳) with a height of 1,870 metres (6,140 ft) which is wholly within Yamagata Prefecture, and a secondary peak Ko-Asahidake (小朝日岳) with a height of 1,648 metres (5,407 ft) to the northeast. Another peak in the same range, Nishi-Asahidake (西朝日岳) to the northwest has a height of 1,814 metres (5,951 ft).

It is one of the mountains described in Kyūya Fukada's book 100 Famous Japanese Mountains.^[1]

References

1. Fukada, Kyūya (1978). 日本百名山 (Nihon hyaku meizan) (Kaihan. ed.). Tōkyō: Shinchōsha. pp. 98–102. ISBN 978-4-10-122002-4.