Mount Takao

Mount Takao
高尾山
Highest point
Elevation	599 m (1,965 ft)
Coordinates	35°37′31″N 139°14′37″E
Geography
Mount Takao Hachiōji, Tokyo, Honshū, Japan
Climbing
Easiest route	Chairlift or Funicular & Hiking

Mount Takao (高尾山, Takao-san) is a mountain in Japan. It is 50 km from the center of Tokyo. It is in Meiji no Mori Takao Quasi-National Park.^[1]

In 1927, Mount Takao was named one of the 100 Landscapes of Japan which best showed Japan and its culture in the Shōwa period.^[2]

Geography

The city of Hachiōji, Tokyo is at the base of Mount Takao.

Mount Takao is 599 metres (1,965 ft) above sea level.^[3]

References

1. Japan-guide.com, Takaosan (Mount Takao). Retrieved 2012-3-27.
2. Japan Ministry of the Environment, 日本八景(昭和2年)の選定内容 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2012-3-30.
3. Hohmann, Skye. "Memories of Mount Takao," Archived 2012-04-27 at the Wayback Machine Japan Times. November 20, 2011. Retrieved 2012-3-27.

Other websites

• Mount Takao website Archived 2008-11-01 at the Wayback Machine