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Our guide
Mount Kongō, 1,125 m, is a mountain of the Kongō Range on the border of Nara and the Kawachi area of Osaka; the summit itself is in Nara. It lies near Mount Yamato Katsuragi. The mountain has given its name to a line of naval ships: the Imperial Navy's ironclad Kongō of 1877, the battleship Kongō of 1912, and the Maritime Self-Defense Force's present destroyer Kongō (DDG-173).
Chihaya Castle is about 2 km from the point this page is mapped to. We have not checked trails 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
- Mount Kongo(Kongosanchi)7 — KENPEI · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- 金剛山１等三角点(湧出岳） — 吉田宅浪 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- 金剛山から見た2013年の初日の出 — 吉田宅浪 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- 金剛山 山頂広場（国見城跡） 撮影日：2023年（令和5年） 5月27日 早朝05時 — MLFU5BrYMJ2 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Tenporinji (Gose, Nara) hondo1 — KENPEI · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Momiji-dani teibo (Mount Kongo(Kongosanchi))1 — KENPEI · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- Katusragidake1 — KENPEI · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Katsuragi-jinja (Gose, Nara) haiden3 — KENPEI · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Takama waterfall — KENPEI · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Mount Kongō (金剛山, Kongō-san) is a 1,125-metre-high (3,691 ft) mountain in the Kongō Range on the border of Nara Prefecture and the Kawachi region of Osaka Prefecture, in Kansai, Japan. The peak itself is in Nara Prefecture. It is near Mount Yamato Katsuragi. The mountain has lent its name to a series of naval ships and ship classes: the Imperial Japanese Navy's 1877 ironclad Kongō; the 1912 battleship Kongō, the name ship of her class; and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's current destroyer Kongō (DDG-173), also the name ship of her class.
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What to expect at this type of place: Mountain
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