Mount Takao

What it is

• A mountain at the southern end of the Ikoma range in Kashiwara City.
• The site of a highland settlement dating back to the Yayoi period.
• A public forest park covering approximately 270,000 square meters completed in 1998.
• One of the designated 100 Greenery Sites in Osaka Prefecture.

What to see

• The Takuhiko Takuhime Shrine inner sanctuary built directly onto rocky cliffs.
• A large monument of the Kashiwara city emblem measuring 35 meters wide.
• The Ogata ruins at the foot of the mountain showing ancient blacksmithing evidence.
• A third-class triangulation point located near the mountain summit.
• Archaeological ruins of an ancient settlement situated at the peak.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.