Mount Yari

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Mount Yari
槍ヶ岳
Mount Yari in the centre of the image (A view from Enzansō).
Highest point
Elevation	3,180 m (10,430 ft)[1]
Listing	Mountains of Japan 100 Famous Japanese Mountains Three-thousanders in Japan
Coordinates	36°20′31″N 137°38′51″E / 36.34194°N 137.64750°E / 36.34194; 137.64750
Naming
English translation	spear
Language of name	Japanese
Pronunciation	Japanese: [jaɾiɡaꜜtake]
Geography
Mount Yari Chūbu region, Honshū, Japan
Parent range	Hida Mountains
Climbing
First ascent	July 28, 1828
Easiest route	Hike

Mount Yari (槍ヶ岳, Yari-ga-take) is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains. The 3,180-metre-high (10,433 ft) peak lies in the southern part of the Hida Mountains (Northern Alps) of Japan, on the border of Ōmachi and Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture and Takayama in Gifu Prefecture. The priest Banryū (1786–1840) founded a temple there. The headwater of Japan's longest river, the Shinano River, begins here as the Azusa River.^[2]