Mount Asahi (Yamagata)
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Mount Asahi (Asahidake) is a mountain located on the border of Yamagata Prefecture with Niigata Prefecture, in northern Japan. It is part of the Asahi Mountain Range, which is part of Bandai-Asahi National Park. The mountain has a peak Ō-Asahidake with a height of 1,870 metres (6, 140 ft) which is wholly within Yamagata Prefecture, and a secondary peak Ko-Asahidake with a height of 1,648 metres (5, 407 ft) to the northeast. Another peak in the same range, Nishi-Asahidake to the northwest has a height of 1,814 metres (5, 951 ft). It is one of the mountains described in Kyūya Fukada's book 100 Famous Japanese Mountains.
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