Japan Travelogue Mount Takao

Mount Takao

Lift
Cable car
Kasumi-dai Lookoff
Ju-itchome Cha-ya Teashop
Monkey Garden
Wild Plant Garden
Tako-sugi (cedar with roots like octopus legs)
Joshin-mon Gate
(entrance to Takaosan Yakuo-in Temple)

Onna-zaka path
Otoko-zaka stairs
Momiji-ya (soba noodles kiosk)
Takaosan Yakuo-in Temple
Visitor Center
Biwa Falls
Ukai Toriyama (restaurant)

Getting there:

From Tokyo’s Narita Airport, take the Narita Express to Shinjuku Station (about 90 min). From there, take a rapid service train on the Keio Line to Takaosan-guchi Station (47 min).

For more information:

· Keio Railway: Website in Chinese, English, French and Korean: http://www.keio.co.jp/english/
· Takao Tozan Dentetsu (cable car and lift): English-language website: http://www.takaotozan.co.jp/takaotozan_eng1/
· Takaosan Yakuo-in Temple: Tel: +81-42-661-1115
Japanese-language website: http://www.takaosan.or.jp/
· Ukai Toriyama (restaurant): Tel: +81-42-661-0739
Japanese-language website: http://www.ukai.co.jp/toriyama/