During the Japanese colonial period, the Japanese called it Nii-taka-yama, or “ new highest mountain, ” a reference to the fact that Yu-shan is more than 170 meters higher than Mt.
日據時期，日本人稱玉山為「新高山」，因它比日本的最高峰富士山（3,776 公尺）足足高了一百七十多公尺。