In the Chichibu area of Japan, there is Mount Buko.  I would like the
name of the mountain that is closest in miles to Mt. Buko.

Hello elisa-ga,

On the Japan National Tourist Organization web site, there are
numerous maps, including a map of Chichibu:

"Chichibu"
Japan National Tourist Organization
http://www.jnto.go.jp/MP/srv-bin/jntomap?LANG=E&SCALE=200&DX=1390522182&DY=355909213

You will see Mt. Buko-zan on that initial map, as well as Mt.
Komochi-yama below it.  If you click the down arrow once, you will see
clearly that Mt. Komochi-yama is the closest mountain to Mt. Buko-zan.

"Chichibu" [scrolled down by one click]
Japan National Tourist Organization
http://www.jnto.go.jp/MP/srv-bin/jntomap?DX=1390522182&DY=355909213&LANG=E&SCALE=200&SIZE=3&SCROLL=33&MX=0&MY=-1

[Note: Another, less detailed map of Chichibu makes it clear that Mt.
Buko-zan is in the same location and is thus the same as Mt. Buko.]

"Chichibu and Oku-Tama" [map on bottom of page 3]
Japan National Tourist Organization
http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/RTG/PTG/pdf/pg-303.pdf

- justaskscott-ga


Search strategy -

Searched on Google for:

"mt buko" map

Browsed Japan National Tourist Organization web site

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Clarification of Answer by justaskscott-ga on 03 Dec 2003 22:29 PST

Just as I was posting, I realized that I misspelled your name.  Sorry
about that, ellisa!

Thank you very much.  That was what I needed.

Ellisa

"san" and "yama" both mean "mountain" in Japanese.  So it is redundant
to say "Mt. Buko-zan", unless you wanted to say Mountain Mountain
Buko.

Sorry, but that's my #2 gaijin language screw-up pet peeve (number one
being people who refer to themselves with the honorific "-san"...)

Thanks, hailstorm.  In light of your comment, I'm surprised that the
Japan National Tourist Organization's own map perpetuates this
linguistic error.  I suppose that the mapmaker assumed that people who
know only English and not Japanese need the term "Mt." every time that
a mountain appears on a map, even if the term is redundant.