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Mount Poroshiri

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Mount Poroshiri
Mount Poroshiri. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Mount Poroshiri (Poroshiri-dake) or sometimes Mount Horoshiri is located in the Hidaka Mountains, Hokkaidō, Japan. Its name was derived from a phonetic kanji transcription of the Ainu words for "great mountain", poro-shiri. It is the highest mountain in the Hidaka range, and is one of the 100 famous mountains in Japan.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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