Friday, July 27, 2018

JAPAN - Tateyama Mountain

Thanks to Rye for the card.


"Tateyama (立山 Tate-yama, IPA: [tate]) (commonly referred to as simply Tateyama) is located in the southeastern area of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the tallest mountains in the Hida Mountains at 3,015 m (9,892 ft) and, along with Mount Fuji and Mount Haku, it is one of Japan's "Three Holy Mountains" (三霊山 Sanreizan). Tateyama is a term for the mountain consisting of three peaks: Ōnanjiyama (大汝山, 3,015m), Oyama (雄山, 3,003m), and Fuji-no-Oritateyama, (富士ノ折立, 2,999m)[2] which run along a ridge (see photo) . Tateyama is the tallest mountain in the Tateyama Mountain Range (立山連峰, Tateyama-renpō)."


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