Okuchichibu Mountains
The Okuchichibu Mountains ( Japanese 奥 秩 父 山 塊 , Okuchichibu sankai ) or the Okuchichibu Mountains ( 奥 秩 父 山地 , Okuchichibu sanchi ) is a mountain range in the Japanese regions of Kantō and Kōshin'etsu . It extends over the western part of Tokyo and Saitama Prefectures , the southwestern part of Gunma Prefecture , the southeastern part of Nagano Prefecture and the northern part of Yamanashi .
The name of the mountain means the inside ( 奥 , oku ) of Chichibu ( 秩 父 ). The meaning is based on the perspective from the Kantō region.
This mountain region is a folded mountain range with mountains ranging in height from 1,000 to 2,600 meters. The Kita-Okusenjō ( 北 奥 千丈 岳 , Kita-Okusenjō-dake ) is the highest mountain at 2,601 m. Much of the mountain range is in the Chichibu Tama Kai National Park .
Mountains, passes and valleys in the Okuchichibu Mountains
- Kumotori ( 雲 取 山 , Kumotori-yama ) (2017 m)
- Hiryū ( 飛 竜 山 , Hiryū-san ) (2077 m)
- Karamatsuo ( 唐松 尾 山 , Karamatsuo-yama ) (2109 m)
- Kasatori ( 笠 取 山 , Kasatori-yama ) (1953 m)
- Suisho ( 水晶 山 , Suisho-yama ) (2158 m)
- Karisaka Pass ( 雁 坂 峠 , Karisaka-tōge ) (2082 m)
- Tokusa ( 木 賊 山 , Tokusa-yama ) (2468 m)
- Kobushi ( 甲 武 信 ヶ 岳 , Kobushiga-take ) (2475 m)
- Sanpō ( 三 宝山 , Sanpō-zan ) (2483 m)
- Kokushi ( 国 師 岳 , Kokushi-dake ) (2591 m)
- Kita-Okusenjō ( 北 奥 千丈 岳 , Kita-Okusenjō-ga-dake ) (2601 m)
- Asahi ( 朝日 岳 , Asahi-dake ) (2579 m)
- Kimpu ( 金 峰山 , Kimpu-san ) (2599 m)
- Mizugaki ( 瑞 牆 山 , Mizugaki-yama ) (2230 m)
- Ogawa ( 小川 山 , Ogawa-yama ) (2418 m)
- Yokō ( 横 尾 山 , Yokō-san ) (1818 m)
- Meshimori ( 飯 盛 山 , Meshimori-san ) (1643 m)
- Azumaya ( 四 阿 屋 山 , Azumaya-san ) (772 m)
- Ryōkami ( 両 神山 , Ryōkami-san ) (1723 m)
- Nanten ( 南 天山 , Nanten-yama ) (1483 m)
- Chichibu-Ontake ( 秩 父 御 岳山 , Chichibu Ontake-san ) (1081 m)
- Nakatsu Valley ( 中 津 峡 , Nakatsu-kyō )
- Mitsumine ( 三 峰山 , Mitsumine-san )
- (Myōhō 1332 m, Shiraiwa 1921 m, Kumotori 2017 m)
- Hakutai ( 白 泰山 , Hakutai-san ) (1794 m)
- Myōhō ( 妙法 が 岳 , Myōhō-ga-take ) (1332 m)
- Kirimo crest ( 霧 藻 ヶ 峰 , Kirimo-ga-mine ) (1523 m)
- Shiraiwa ( 白 岩山 , Shiraiwa-yama ) (1921 m)
- Kumakura ( 熊 倉山 , Kumakura-san ) (1427 m)
- Wanakura ( 和 名 倉山 , Wanakura-yama ) (2036 m)
- Mikuni Pass ( 三国 峠 , Mikuni-tōge ) (1740 m)
- Jūmonji Pass ( 十 文字 峠 , Jūmonji-tōge ) (2000 m)
- Gorō ( 五郎 山 , Gorō-yama ) (2132 m)
- Nishizawa Gorge ( 西 沢 渓 谷 , Nishizawa-keikoku )
- Higashizawa Gorge ( 東 沢 渓 谷 , Higashizawa-keikoku )
- Kurogane ( 黒 金山 , Kurogane-yama ) (2232 m)
- Kentoku ( 乾 徳 山 , Kentoku-san ) (2031 m)
- Kurakake ( 倉 掛 山 , Kurakake-yama ) (1777 m)
- Mikubo plateau ( 三 窪 高原 , Mikubo-kōgen ) (1650 m)
