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Mount Akiha
秋葉山 Akiha-san
Mount Akiha is located in JapanMount AkihaMount AkihaShizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Highest point
Elevation866 m (2,841 ft)
Coordinates34°58′54″N 137°51′58″E / 34.981785°N 137.866028°E / 34.981785; 137.866028
Naming
Language of nameJapanese
Geography
LocationShizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Parent rangeAkaishi Mountains
Climbing
Easiest routeHike
Mount Akiha appears in the background of this 1832 woodcut by Japanese artist Ando Hiroshige, part of his famous series "The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido."

Mount Akiha (秋葉山, Akiha-san) is a mountain in Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu (in the former town of Haruno), Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is a peak on a southern spur of the Akaishi Mountains.

Mount Akiha has an elevation of 866 metres (2,841 ft). It is the location of the Akihasan Hongū Akiha Jinja shrine, dedicated to a god of fire. Belief in the Akiha kami as protectors against fire became widespread in the Edo period of Japanese history, leading to the popularity of pilgrimages to climb this mountain.



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