Mount Koma (Hakone)

Mount Koma or Hakone Komagatake (Japanese: 箱根駒ヶ岳), with the altitude of 1,356 meters, is one of the peaks of the central cone of Mount Hakone, located in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture. Its summit, a grass field that offers a great view of its surroundings, is visited by many hikers, using the 1,800-meter-long Hakone Komagatake Ropeway from Hakone Garden on Lake Ashi.[1]

Mount Koma, viewed from Lake Ashi
To the summit of Mount Koma, by the Hakone Komagatake Ropeway

Also at the summit is the Hakone Motomiya, founded in 1964, the rear shrine of the Hakone Shrine.[2]

See also

References
  1. The Komagatake Ropeway (Hakone, Japan)
  2. Hakone Shrine (Japan-guide.com)

35°13′10″N 139°1′6.2″E

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