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Mt. Kinkei
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Area: Oshu Hiraizumi
Category: Nature Parks > Mountains
Category: Nature Parks > Mountains
Mt. Kinkei (金鶏山) is a 98.6 m tall mountain located in Hiraizumi. This site is registered as UNESCO world heritage site of Hiraizumi. Kinkei literary means golden chucky. Legend said, Fujiwara no Hidehira made an artificial mountain imitated Mt. Fuji, and buried golden statue of chucky on this mountain.
Tourist Info.
There is no parking and restroom.
Access
0. at Ichinoseki Station.
1. use JR Tohoku Line to Hiraizumi.
2. walk north west (30 min.)
Tourist Info.
There is no parking and restroom.
Access
0. at Ichinoseki Station.
1. use JR Tohoku Line to Hiraizumi.
2. walk north west (30 min.)
Access to Oshu Hiraizumi Area
Terminal Station: Ichinoseki Station.
Access from Sendai
- By train. use JR Tohoku Shinkansen to Ichinoseki.
- By car. use Tohoku Expressway to Ichinoseki
Access from Sendai
- By train. use JR Tohoku Shinkansen to Ichinoseki.
- By car. use Tohoku Expressway to Ichinoseki
Map around Mt. Kinkei
Nearest Videos
The grave of Minamoto no Yoshitsune
The grave of Musashibo Benkei
The garden of Kanjizaioin Temple
Motsuji Temple
Takadachi Yoshitsune Hall
Muryokoin Temple
Detailed Travel Guide for Mt. Kinkei
Around the week of the spring and Autumn equinoxes, the setting sun is aligned with Mount Kinkei, which is just behind the temple, in this beautiful landscape, the Amida Hall,silhouetted against the sunset was the Pure Land which Hidehira intended.
