Yarigakate

Mount Yari is one of the one hundred famous Japanese Mountains. The 3,180 meters -high (10,433 ft) top lies withinside the southern part of the Hida Mountains (Northern Alps) of Japan, at the border of Ōmachi and Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture and Takayama in Gifu Prefecture. This is one of the highest mountains in Japan, and also in the world. The priest Banryū (1786–1840) based a temple there.

Mount Yari is positioned withinside the Chūbu-Sangaku National Park. The call derives from its shape, which resembles a spear thrust into the sky. Because of its shape, it's also referred to as the Matterhorn of Japan. Ridges and valleys attain out from this pyramid-formed mountain in all directions. The 4 ridges are Higashikama, Yarihotaka, Nishikama, and Kitakama to the east, south, west, and north, respectively. The 4 valleys are Yarizawa, Hidazawa or Yaridaira, Senjōzawa, and Tenjōzawa to the southeast, southwest, northwest, and northeast, respectively. During the trekking season, Mount Yari is famous for mountain climbers. One of the most notorious ridges is Kitayama.

Height: 3,180 meters

Location: Nagano, Gifu