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The Japanese Alps are a
mountain range on the
Japanese
island of
Honshu, where they form the eastern boundary of
Hida and
Etchin provinces in the center of
the island. The highest peaks of Japan after
Fujiyama are in this range, the highest of them being
Hotaka-dake at 3,190 m (10,466 ft)
and
Mount Shirane at 3,192 m (10,472
ft).
Mount Ontake in the range is both a
destination for
pilgrimages and an active
volcano, with eruptions in
1979 and
1980.
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