Mount Hiyori (日和山(ひよりやま)Hiyoriyama), located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, is Japan's lowest mountain. From 1991 to 1996,[1] and again on April 9, 2014, after the Tohoku tsunami, the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan recognized it as "the lowest mountain in Japan".[2] The mountain is located on the northeastern edge of Sendai City, facing the Pacific Ocean and Sendai, north of the mouth of the Nanakita River, and west of Gamo Mudflat. | ||||||
Elevation: 3 m (9.8 ft) | ||||||