Mount Norikura Pin Badge Mount Norikura, one of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains, straddles the border of Gifu and Nagano prefectures, located in the Chubu Sangaku National Park. It is a conical (cone-shaped) extinct volcano at the southern end of the Northern Alps, with Mount Kengamine at an elevation of 3,026m as its main peak. Including eight other peaks such as Mount Asahi, and 23 other peaks like Mount Daikoku, Mount Marishiten, and Mount Fujimi, it has a vast spread of foothills. Its large mountain form can be seen from Takayama city in the Hida region.