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Mount Ashigara (足柄山), also known as Mount Kintoki (金時山), is the northernmost peak of the Hakone caldera, on the border of Kanagawa and Shizuoka prefectures, in the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National ParkinJapan. Ashigara is not a remnant of the collapse of the old Hakone volcano itself, but rather a parasitic cone growing from its flank.
| Ashigara | |
|---|---|
| Mount Kintoki | |
 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,213 m (3,980 ft)[1] |
| Parent peak | Mount Hakone |
| Listing | Mountains of Japan |
| Coordinates | 35°17′23″N 139°00′17″E / 35.28972°N 139.00472°E / 35.28972; 139.00472 |
| Geography | |
  Ashigara Location in central Japan | |
| Country | Japan |
| Prefectures | Kanagawa and Shizuoka |
| City/Town | Minamiashigara and Oyama |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | stratovolcano |
Mount Ashigara is the legendary birthplace of Kintarō.
The kanji of the mountain's name mean "Leg Handle Mountain", but the written form is ateji, meaning that the kanji were applied phonetically, and not for any symbolic representation of the mountain's characteristics or history. In old songs it is spelled out phonetically as asigari (阿之賀利) or asigara (安思我良).
Hakone side
Gotemba side
Minami Ashigara side
Media related to Mount Kintoki at Wikimedia Commons