ABSTRACT

The Japanese mountains follow the longer extension of the islands from NE. to SW, and combine tolerably lofty summits with comparatively low passes. The Japanese denote and distinguish by special names the particular mountains in their country, but not the mountain chains. Opposite, on the Japanese Sea, the Mogami-gawa runs into the sea near Sakata, in southern Dewa. The great south-western peninsula of Hondo, the Chiugoku or central country, which lies between the Japanese Sea and Seto-uchi, joins the mountains of Yamashiro and Setsu in the mountain country of Tamba. The western boundary of the province of Kishiu towards the Gokinai is formed by a chain of heights coming from Yamato, which runs parallel to the Yoshino-gawa from north-east to southwest and falls steeply down to the Idzumi-nada. The mountain-system in Yezo may be regarded as continuations of those of Saghalien and the Kuriles.