Amaga-take

What it is

• A 1,771.6-meter mountain standing in the Tenshi Mountains on the southwest shore of Lake Motosu
• Part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park and listed among the 100 Mountains of Kai
• A peak belonging to the oldest geological layer of the Fossa Magna
• A mountain spanning the border between Minobu in Yamanashi and Fujinomiya in Shizuoka

What to see

• Views of Mount Fuji visible from the mountain summit
• A summit area covered in dense bamboo grass
• A third-class triangulation point located at the highest peak
• The A-zawa Reservoir completed in 1970 on the eastern slope

Getting there

• Access to the climbing trails is available from the Nebara bus stop

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.