Mount Hayachine
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, at 1917 m is the highest mountain
in the Kitakami Range and the second highest in Iwate Prefecture
after Mount Iwate
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Mt. Hayachine is unusual in that it lies farther east than other large mountains on Honshu
and the land in this area is the oldest in Japan. As such there are flower species that are unique to this mountain.
Mountain
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in the Kitakami Range and the second highest in Iwate Prefecture
Iwate Prefecture
is the second largest prefecture of Japan after Hokkaido. It is located in the Tōhoku region of Honshū island and contains the island's easternmost point. The capital is Morioka. Iwate has the lowest population density of any prefecture outside Hokkaido...
after Mount Iwate
Mount Iwate
is a stratovolcano complex located northwest of the city of Morioka in western Iwate Prefecture, Tohoku, Japan. The mountain is listed as one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains in a book composed in 1964 by mountaineer/author Kyūya Fukada.-Geology:...
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Mt. Hayachine is unusual in that it lies farther east than other large mountains on Honshu
Honshu
is the largest island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait...
and the land in this area is the oldest in Japan. As such there are flower species that are unique to this mountain.