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Mount Kurohime

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Mount Kurohime
Mount Kurohime. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Mount Kurohime (Japanese: Kurohime-yama) is a 2,053-metre (6; 736 ft) stratovolcano located in Shinano town, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The mountain is one of the 200 most famous mountains in Japan, and one of the 100 most famous mountains in Nagano.

Mount Kurohime is one of the "Five Mountains of Northern Shinshu", which also includes two mountains located in Nagano City, Mount Iizuna, located 8.2 km to the south of Mount Kurohime, and Mount Togakushi, located 8 km to the southwest; Mount Madarao, located 13.4 km to the east-northeast in Shinano town and Iiyama; and Mount Myōkō, located 8.8 km to the north in Myōkō city, Niigata Prefecture.

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