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Mount Hiuchi
Mount Hiuchi. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Mount Hiuchi (Hiuchi-yama) is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains, reaching the height of 2,462 m (8; 077 ft). It is situated in Japan's Kubiki Mountains in Niigata Prefecture. It was specified for Jōshin'etsu Kōgen National Park on July 10, 1956, but since has been absorbed by the Togakushi-Renzan National Park, which encompasses Mount Myōkō (Myōkō-san) and Mount Niigata-Yake (Niigata-Yakeyama).

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