Mount Kasa

Mount Kasa (笠ヶ岳, Kasa-ga-take) is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains, reaching the height of 2,897 m (9,505 ft).

It is situated in Japan's Hida Mountains in Gifu Prefecture and in Chūbu-Sangaku National Park.

[12] Around Shin-Hotaka-Onsen, there are many hot spring (Onsen) to take the tiredness and to relax.

[4] The higher region than Shakushi-daira(杓子平) are the forest limit of Siberian Dwarf Pine belt, and the place that Alpine plant grows naturally and Rock Ptarmigan live.

The mountain is the source of the following rivers, each of which flows to the Sea of Japan.

Hida Mountains and Mountain hut (Kasa Mountain Cottage) from the top
Alpine plant (Trollius japonicus シナノキンバイ ) in Shakushi-daira around Mount Kasa
Mount Yari and Mount Hotaka from Mount Kasa before the sunrise