Mount Yari (Yarigatake, 3180m or 10,433 ft, fifth highest in Japan) is in the Hida Mountains (Northern Japan Alps), in Chubu-Sangaku National Park, on the border of Omachi and Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture and Takayama in Gifu Prefecture. Its shape resembles a spear (yari) thrust into the sky, and it is known as the Matterhorn of Japan.
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