Mount Hayachine

Mount Hayachine
Mount Hayachine from the south in November 2009
Highest point
Elevation1,917 m (6,289 ft)
Prominence1,489 m (4,885 ft)
Listing100 Famous Mountains of Japan
Ribu
Coordinates39°33′30″N 141°29′20″E / 39.55833°N 141.48889°E / 39.55833; 141.48889
Geography
Mount Hayachine
Mount Hayachine
Mount Hayachine (Japan)
Parent rangeKitakami Mountains
Climbing
Easiest routeHiking

Mount Hayachine (早池峰山, Hayachine-san) is the highest mountain in the Kitakami Range, located in the Tōhoku region of northern Honshū, Japan. With an elevation of 1,917 m (6,289 ft), it is the second highest in Iwate Prefecture after Mount Iwate. Mount Hayachine is mentioned in 100 Famous Japanese Mountains, a book written in 1964 by Kyūya Fukada. The mountain is on the borders of the municipalities of Hanamaki, Tōno, and Miyako, east of the prefectural capital of Morioka.