. The playground of the Far East . be .5 c to io s ?S^ <U fe ?w ^ O 5P S. g Dh r- a EPlI [To face p. Gi. CHAPTER V EXPLORATION IN THE SOUTHERN ALPS OF JAPAN (I.) The Great White Mountain of Koshu. The Southern Japanese Alps is the name Iventured to give to the great triangular mass ofmountains whose apex rises from the southern shoreof the famous Lake Suwa, and whose three greatridges, stretching southwards a distance of over 50miles, only die down as they near the Pacific Oceanwest of Fuji-san. It is enclosed between the greatrivers Tenryu-gawa on the west and the Fujikawaon the east, and
. The playground of the Far East . be .5 c to io s ?S^ <U fe ?w ^ O 5P S. g Dh r- a EPlI [To face p. Gi. CHAPTER V EXPLORATION IN THE SOUTHERN ALPS OF JAPAN (I.) The Great White Mountain of Koshu. The Southern Japanese Alps is the name Iventured to give to the great triangular mass ofmountains whose apex rises from the southern shoreof the famous Lake Suwa, and whose three greatridges, stretching southwards a distance of over 50miles, only die down as they near the Pacific Oceanwest of Fuji-san. It is enclosed between the greatrivers Tenryu-gawa on the west and the Fujikawaon the east, and is mainly of Palaeozoic formation,with none of the big volcanic peaks whose specialfeatures help to give the contrasts so characteristicof the Northern Alps. But these densely woodedforms are more massive, and Kaigane, the highestpoint of the central of the three ranges, reaches10,470 ft., and is, next to Fuji-san, the loftiestmountain in the mainland. Standing on the borderline between Shinshu and Koshu, the two greatestsilk-
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