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Mount Tate (Tateyama): Elevation, Sacred History, Geology & Hiking Guide

Mount Tate (Mount Tateyama, 立山, Tate-yama) Rising to 3,015 meters (9,892 feet) in Japan’s Northern Alps, Mount Tate, better known as Tateyama, is one of the country’s most culturally important and visually spectacular mountains. Together with Mount Fuji and Mount Haku, Tateyama is traditionally counted among Japan’s Three Sacred Mountains. Tateyama is unusual because the …

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