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Our guide
Mount Kinkei, Kinkeizan, is a conical hill in the town of Hiraizumi in south-western Iwate. It is part of the World Heritage Site of the Historic Monuments and Sites of Hiraizumi.
Hiraizumi Station on the Tōhoku Main Line is about 700 m away in a straight line. Motsu-ji Temple is about 400 m away, Takadachi Gikeido about 900 m and Chuson-ji Temple about 1.4 km.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- Mount Kinkeisan — Nerotaso · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Yoshitsune's wife &child,gravestone 3 — usiwakamaru · Public domain · source · resized
- Yoshitsune's wife &child,gravestone 2 — usiwakamaru · Public domain · source · resized
- Senjudou — usiwakamaru · Public domain · source · resized
- Kinkeizan4 — usiwakamaru · Public domain · source · resized
- Kinkeizan3 — usiwakamaru · Public domain · source · resized
- 230728 Muryokoin Hiraizumi Iwate pref Japan15s3trm — 663highland · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Kinkeizan — usiwakamaru · Public domain · source · resized
What this place is
Mount Kinkei (金鶏山, Kinkei-san or Kinkei-zan) is a conical hill in the town of Hiraizumi in southwestern Iwate Prefecture, Japan. The mountain is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Monuments and Sites of Hiraizumi.
Background text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
What to expect at this type of place: Mountain
Nearby station
Nearby station: Hiraizumi (Tōhoku Main Line), about 700 m from the spot in a straight line.
Worked out on 2026-09-14 from this place’s map position, using HeartRails Express station data and station names from Wikidata. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route, and says nothing about buses, transfers or timetables — plan the trip on Google Maps.
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