Mount Kinpu

{{Short description|Mountain in the country of Japan}}

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| name = Mount Kinpu

| other_name = 金峰山

| photo = Mt.Kinpu from West 03.jpg

| photo_caption = Mount Kinpu (Oct. 2007)

| elevation_m = 2599

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| range = Okuchichibu Mountains

| listing = Mountains of Japan

| country = Japan

| subdivision2_type = Prefectures

| subdivision2 = {{enum|Nagano|Yamanashi}}

| subdivision3_type = Districts

| subdivision3 = {{enum|Minamisaku|Kōfu}}

| map = Japan

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| easiest_route = Hike

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{{Nihongo|Mount Kinpu|金峰山|Kinpu-san}}, or {{Nihongo|Mount Kinpō|金峰山|Kinpō-san}} is a mountain and the main peak in the Okuchichibu Range in Kantō Mountains.{{cite web|url=https://japan-mountains-map.net/en?mnt=kinpusan_2599|title=Mt. Kinpu 2599m|publisher=JMM Project|access-date=2024-03-31}} It is located in Chichibu Tama Kai National Park[https://www.alltrails.com/parks/japan/tokyo/chichibu-tama-kai-national-park?ref=result-card Best trails in Chichibu-Tama-Kai National Park] AllTrails on the boundary of Nagano Prefecture and Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.[https://hikinginjapan.com/2008/04/22/mt-kinpu/ Mt. Kinpu (金峰山） ] Hiking in Japan

It has the sacred Gojoiwa rock, a Shinto holy site,[https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20221022/p2a/00m/0na/041000c Shrine at wit's end as climbers scale, deface sacred rock on famed Japanese peak] Mainichi Newspapers on its top and is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains.[https://extremecashrobot.com/index.php/2022/10/23/shrine-on-the-edge-of-the-abyss-as-climbers-scale-and-deface-the-sacred-rock-on-the-famous-japanese-peak/ Shrine on the edge of the abyss as climbers scale and deface the sacred rock on the famous Japanese peak] Extremecashrobot At 2599 m tall,{{cite web|url=https://www.peakhunter.com/en/peaks/kinpu-san|title=Peak Kinpu-san|website=peakhunter.com|access-date=2024-03-31}} it is the second highest peak of the Okuchichibu Mountains.