Mount Mitake, Tokyo
Mount Mitake (御岳山, Mitakesan?) is a mountain in Tokyo, Japan. It stands 929 meters tall. On the mountain is a Shinto shrine.
It is one of the many highlights of the Chichibu Tama Kai National Park, which covers more than 1,250 square kilometers of forested mountains, hills, gorges and some rural towns in the prefectures of Yamanashi, Saitama, Nagano and Tokyo.
The trip from Tokyo’s Shinjuku Station to Mitake Station on the Ōme Line takes about 95 minutes. A cable car leads to the village at its top.
It is worth it to go to Mount Mitake for a weekend getaway because it is touted to be one of those “hidden gems” in Japan where culture and history still prevails. :)
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