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| Mount Akaishi | |
|---|---|
| 赤石岳 | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,120 m (10,240 ft)[1] |
| Listing | 100 Famous Japanese Mountains |
| Coordinates | 35°27′40″N138°9′26″E / 35.46111°N 138.15722°E /35.46111; 138.15722 |
| Geography | |
  Mount Akaishi | |
| Parent range | Akaishi Mountains |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type(s) | Pyramidal peak,Fault block |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1879 |
| Easiest route | Hiking |
Mount Akaishi (赤石岳,Akaishi-dake), is a peak in theAkaishi Mountains, on the border ofShizuoka andNagano Prefectures in centralHonshū,Japan.
On June 1, 1964, the mountain was included within theMinami Alps National Park.
At 3,120 metres (10,240 ft), Mount Akaishi is the 7thtallest peak in Japan and the 4th tallest peak in theAkaishi Mountains. The peak is located within theMinami Alps National Park.[2]
There is atriangulation station on the summit, with aMountain hut located below, on its southern approach. On the eastern slope is acirque, with the trace remnants of Japan's southernmostglacier.
At thetimberline are stands ofSiberian dwarf pine, above which are numerous flowering alpine plants, and the habitat for theRock Ptarmigan.
The first recorded ascent of Mount Akaishi was by Haruki Nashiba and Masaaki Terasawa of the JapaneseHome Ministry in 1879. They were followed in July 1881 by a government survey team, which established the triangulation station. Ascent of the mountain became popular after a road was established to its base in 1886. The first westerner to ascend the mountain was the English missionary and mountaineer,Walter Weston on August 19, 1892.
In 1906,Usui Kojima of the Japan Alpine Club devoted the first issue of the club's magazine,Sangaku, to Mount Akashi, and Usui pioneered a new route up the mountain in 1909. In the summer of 1926, the 88-year-old founder of the Ōkurazaibatsu,Okura Kihachiro, decided that he wanted to visit the highest point of his company's holdings, and climbed Mount Akaki with the assistance of 200 porters usingpalanquin.
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