Akaishi Mountains (Shizuoka)

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Akaishi Mountain Chain, also called South Alps, is spreading over 3 prefectures of Yamanashi, Nagano, Shizuoka. It is a chain of high peaks of more then 3000m high such as Mts. Kita, Shiomi and Akaishi, and forms the main part of South Alps National Park. The rivers indent profound valleys and the mountainsides are very steep. There remain cirque glaciers at Mts. Senjo, Arakawa etc. Mt. Kita, towering in the west of Yamanshi Prefecture and located in the north of Akaishi Mountain Chain, is one of the mountains forming Sirane-Sanzan group. Its summit is pyramidal and split into 2 peaks, the northern peak and the principal southern one, and its east side forms a steep wall. It belongs to South Alps National Park and is climbed from the river bed of Noro, called Hirokawara (wide river bed). Mt. Aino is located in the north of Akaishi Mountain Chain, between Yamanashi and Shizuoka Prefectures and its hight is 3189m. Being the fourth highest peak of Japan, it is called Shirane-Sanzan (3 Shirane mountains) together with Mts. Kita and Notori. It is located at the source of Haya River and has cirque glaciers on the northern and eastern sides. A collapsing wall of Arasawa is on the south-west side.