or the is a mountainous district in the Kantō region and Kōshin'etsu region, Japan. It covers the western part of Tokyo, the western part of Saitama Prefecture, the southwestern part of Gunma Prefecture, the southeastern part of Nagano Prefecture, and the northern part of Yamanashi Prefecture. Oku (奥, oku) means the interior, Okuchichibu means the interior of Chichibu (秩父, chichibu). The meaning of the word Okuchichibu is based on the point of view from the Kantō region. This mountain area consists of folded mountains and ranges from 1000 to 2600 meters in height. is the highest at 2601m. Most of the range lies in the .

Some of the mountains in the Okuchichibu Mountains include: (2017 m) (2077 m) (2109 m) (1953 m) (2158 m) (2082 m) (2468 m) (2475 m) (2483 m) (2591 m) (2601 m) (2579 m) (2599 m) (2230 m) (2418 m) (1818 m) (1643 m) (772 m) (1723 m) (1483 m) (1081 m)

Okuchichibu Mountains

(Mt. Myōhō 1332 m, Mt. Shiraiwa 1921 m, Mt. Kumotori 2017 m) (1794 m) (1332 m) (1523 m) (1921 m) (1427 m) (2036 m) (1740 m) (2000 m) (2132 m)

Okuchichibu Mountains

(2232 m) (2031 m) (1777 m) (1650 m)

Okuchichibu Mountains

See also

Tanabe Jyuji

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Mountain ranges of Gunma Prefecture

Mountain ranges of Nagano Prefecture

Mountain ranges of Saitama Prefecture

Mountain ranges of Tokyo

Mountain ranges of Yamanashi Prefecture