Mount Jōnen is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains, reaching the height of 2,857 m (9,373 ft). It is situated in Japan's Hida Mountains in Nagano Prefecture and in Chūbu-Sangaku National Park. The shape of the mountain looks like the triangle. It can be seen from Azumi Basin.
Mount Jōnen , Mount Yokotooshi and Azusa River in spring from Azumi Basin
Mount Jōnen, Jōnen Hut and the climbing trail from Mount Yokotooshi
Jōnen Hut and Mount Yari in spring
Mount Yokotooshi and Mount Otensyo from Mount Jōnen
100 Famous Japanese Mountains
100 Famous Japanese Mountains is a book written in 1964 by mountaineer and author Kyūya Fukada. The list became famous when Crown Prince Naruhito, now Emperor, took note of it. The list has been the topic of NHK documentaries, and other hiking books. An English edition, One Hundred Mountains of Japan, translated by Martin Hood, was published in 2014 by the University of Hawaii Press (ISBN 9780824836771).
Book cover, English version
Mount Fuji (3,776 m) from Asagiri-kōgen
Mount Daisetsu - 2,191m
Hakkōda - 1,584m