Mount Shirouma


Mt. Shirouma is a peak in the Hida Mountains range of the Japanese Alps, located in Nagano Prefecture and Toyama Prefecture, central Honshu, Japan.

Geography

Mount Shirouma is the 26th-tallest mountain in Japan. At, it is the highest peak in the Hakuba section of the Hida Mountains, and one of the top "to climb" peaks for Japanese hikers. It is also one of the few peaks in Japan with year-round snow fields, in the Shirouma Dai Sekkei, or Shirouma deep-snow gorge '''.
It is located within the Chūbu-Sangaku National Park. Mount Shirouma is one of the landmark 100 Famous Japanese Mountains.
Alpine plants are also abundant on Shirouma in the summer.

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