Japan
Tokyo
Hachioji

Mount Takao

Mount Takao is a mountain in the city of Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan. It is protected within Meiji no Mori Takao Quasi-National Park. Standing 599 metres tall and located within an hour of downtown , it is a popular hiking spot, with eight hiking trails and more than 2.5 million annual visitors.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 599 metres
  • Description: mountain in Tokyo, Japan
  • Also known as: “Takao-san” and “Takao-yama”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Takao-san Yakuo-in Yuki-ji Temple and Takaosanguchi Station.

Buddhist temple
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is a Buddhist temple.

Railway station
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is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keio Corporation. It is the main point of railway access to Mount Takao.

Castle
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was a Sengoku period Japanese castle, located in what is now the city of Hachiōji, Tokyo, in the of Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1951, with the area under protection extended in 2005.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Uratakaomachi and Shimo-Ongatamachi.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Mount Takao

Latitude
35.62523° or 35° 37′ 31″ north
Longitude
139.24369° or 139° 14′ 37″ east
Elevation
599 metres (1,965 feet)
Open location code
8Q7XJ6GV+3F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 675449030
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
1851026
Wiki­data ID
Q1329959
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Mount Takao” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تاكاوسان”
  • Arabic: “جبل تاكاو”
  • Azerbaijani: “Takao dağı”
  • Burmese: “တခအိုတောင်”
  • Cebuano: “Takao-san”
  • Chinese: “高尾山”
  • Dutch: “Mount Takao”
  • Dutch: “Takao-san”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل تاكاو”
  • Esperanto: “Monto Takao”
  • French: “mont Takao”
  • French: “Mont Takao”
  • German: “Takao-san”
  • German: “Takao”
  • German: “Yakuoinyukiji-Kloster”
  • German: “Yakuoinyukiji”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Takao”
  • Japanese: “Takao-san”
  • Japanese: “たかおさん”
  • Japanese: “高尾山”
  • Korean: “다카오산”
  • Ladin: “Mont Takao”
  • Persian: “کوه تاکائو”
  • Persian: “کوهٔ تاکائو”
  • Persian: “کوه تاکااو”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Takao”
  • Russian: “Такао”
  • Spanish: “Monte Takao”
  • Swahili: “Mlima Takao”
  • Thai: “เขาทากาโอะ”
  • Turkish: “Takao Dağı”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Takaosan Visitor Center and Takaosan (Mount Takao)- Observation Deck.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mount Takao”. Photo: Syced, CC0.