Iwate

Mount Hayachine

Mountains & highlandsNature walks & hiking

The highest peak of the Kitakami range at 1,917 metres, famous for rare alpine flowers such as the Hayachine edelweiss.

Mount Hayachine as seen from a point on the Iwate Prefectural Road Route 25 between Kawaranobo and Odagoe
💡 Free-license reference photograph from Wikimedia Commons; capture month is not confirmed.
Mount Hayachine as seen from a point on the Iwate Prefectural Road Route 25 between Kawaranobo and OdagoeReference photo · selected conditions are not photographed yet

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Directions to Mount Hayachine

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Suitability

Stroller: Not verified

Nursing room: Not available

Noise level: quiet

Rules

Drones: banned

Coordinates

39.5583, 141.4883

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Sources, photo credits and verification

Place information: Official tourism source · Reviewed 2026-10-06

  • 1. Mount Hayachine as seen from a point on the Iwate Prefectural Road Route 25 between Kawaranobo and Odagoe · Yasu (talk) · Source ↗ · CC BY-SA 3.0