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Mount Kinpu
Mount Kinpu. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Mount Kinpu (Kinpu-san), or Mount Kinpō (Kinpō-san) is a mountain and the main peak in the Okuchichibu Range in Kantō Mountains. It is located in Chichibu Tama Kai National Park on the boundary of Nagano Prefecture and Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

It has the sacred Gojoiwa rock, a Shinto holy site, on its top and is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains. At 2599 m tall, it is the second highest peak of the Okuchichibu Mountains.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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