Mount Kinka

What it is

• A 329-meter mountain in Gifu City formerly known as Mount Inaba
• A designated National Historic Site once used as a Sengoku period stronghold
• The site where Oda Nobunaga captured and renamed Gifu Castle in 1567
• A protected national forest and wildlife sanctuary primarily composed of chert rock

What to see

• A reconstructed Gifu Castle keep standing at the mountain summit
• The Kinkazan Squirrel Village located near the top of the mountain
• Gifu Park situated at the western base of the mountain
• The Kinkazan Ropeway which provides transportation to the summit

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.