Mount Mitake

What it is

• The highest peak in Fukuchiyama City standing at 839.1 meters in the Tango Mountains.
• A historic site for mountain asceticism with a shrine founded in the fourteenth century.
• A natural landmark also known as Ontake-san covered in beech and oak forests.
• The site of Mitake Shrine which is dedicated to the deity Zao Gongen.

What to see

• Mitake Shrine situated on the mountain slopes at an elevation of 680 meters.
• A Kansai Electric Power reflector located at the mountain summit.
• A third-class triangulation point marking the highest peak.
• Dense forests of beech and oak trees covering the mountain slopes.

Getting there

• The Hotoke-zaka route provides a direct climb from the southwest.
• The Kita trailhead begins the ascent at an elevation of 350 meters.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.