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Our guide
Mount Funagata, 1,500.34 m, is a peak of the Ōu Mountains on the border of Miyagi and Yamagata, and one of the 200 Famous Japanese Mountains. Seen from the Yamagata side it is also called Mount Gosho.
This is mountain country. We have not checked routes, huts or conditions, so check local information and the weather before you go.
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
- Mt FUNAGATA — Highten31 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- 鈴沼から見た前船形山 — Koda6029 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- 観音寺コース登山口手前にある柳沢小屋 — Koda6029 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- 観音寺コースからの船形山 — Koda6029 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- 船形山山頂と避難小屋 — Koda6029 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- 船形山のブナ林（山の王） — Koda6029 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- 船形山からの尾花沢盆地 — Koda6029 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- 最上カゴ — Koda6029 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- 旗坂キャンプ場 — Koda6029 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- 大滝キャンプ場 — Koda6029 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Mount Funagata (船形山, Funagata-yama) is a mountain within the Ōu Mountains on the border of Miyagi Prefecture and Yamagata Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. It is listed as one of the "200 famous mountains of Japan" and has a height of 1,500.34 metres (4,922.4 ft). The mountain is also known as Mount Goshō (御所山, Gosho-yama) when viewed from Yamagata prefecture.
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What to expect at this type of place: Mountain
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