Mount Yari
mountain in Nagano Prefecture, Japan
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.
History
July 28, 1828 - Banryū first climbed the mountain.
1878 - William Gowland became the first non-Japanese man to climb to the top.
August, 1891 - Englishman Walter Weston climbed to the top.
1922 - Japanese mountaineer Maki Yūkō made the first winter ascent of the mountain.
December 20, 1959 - Senshu University mountain staff is climbing Kitakama (北鎌) Ridge when an avalanche occurs, 9 people were killed.
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Mount Yari is located in the Chūbu-Sangaku National Park.
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