Mt.Takao
- Hiking to Mt. Takao
Mt. Takao, 599m high, locates in the western part of Tokyo. It takes about 70 minutes from Shinjuku by public transportation. The mountain has a variety of hiking courses from the bottom to the top. Each hiker selects the most suitable routes to climb or walk to the mountain top including the cable car or the lift, depending on his or her physical condition.
If you would like to have a little bit long trekking, there are many trekking routes further.
Mt. Takao has a lot of natural resources such as animals (deer, monkey etc.) & flowers. Yakuoin temple is the secret Buddhism temple for Japanese mountain ascetics, monsters called Tengu. The temple now offers a Shojin Ryori, authentic vegetarian dishes whose ingredients are produced locally to the visitors.
Yakuoin Temple
Top of the mountain view over there
Shojin Ryori(vegitarian dish)
In 2007,the mountain has been evaluated as the highest ranked mountain by Michelian.
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