Mount Kami

Highest peak of Mount Hakone, Japan
The view of the central cones of Mount Hakone with Mount Kami as the highest peak, from Mount Kintoki
On the trail to Mount Kami (to left) and Owakudani (to right), in early April

Mount Kami (Japanese: 神山 = Kami Yama, meaning "a god mountain") is the highest peak, with an elevation of 1,438 meters, of Mount Hakone, in Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan.[1] Worshipping Mount Hakone with this highest peak is recorded in a 12th century document, as having started at the time of the legendary Emperor Kōshō (475 BC to 393 BC).

Climbing Mount Kami

Climbing mountains is a popular sport in the Mount Hakone area. To the top of Mount Kami, it takes about one hour fifteen minutes from Mount Koma Summit Station of the Hakone Komagatake Ropeway (one hour twenty minutes, on return), or one hour twenty minutes from Ōwakudani Station of the Hakone Ropeway (one hour, on return).[2] The top of Mount Kami is covered with tall trees, which prevent a nice view of its surroundings .

See also

  • Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park

References

  1. ^ Mount Kami (Hakone, Japan)
  2. ^ Hike from Sounzan to Mount Kami & Mount Komagatake in Hakone (2014)

External links

35°14′00″N 139°01′14″E / 35.23333°N 139.02056°E / 35.23333; 139.02056

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Mount Hakone
Central volcanic peaks
Mount Futago - Mount Koma - Mount Kami - Mount Kanmuri
New outer rim
Mount Takanosu (Kanagawa)
Old outer rim
Hakone Pass - Mount Kintoki - Mount Myōjin (Kanagawa) - Mount Myōjō
Makuyama volcanos
Mount Maku - Mount Nangō
Other features
Ōwakudani - Sengokuhara - Lake Ashi - Haya River - Fukara Aqueduct
Nearby placesSee also