Mt. Nekodake

Mount Neko (根子岳, Neko-dake) is a mountain in Jōshin'etsu-kōgen National Park with an elevation of 2,207 m (7,241 ft), located near Ueda and Suzaka in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the "100 famous flower mountains of Japan" (花の百名山, Hana no hyaku meizan) because of the flowers of Parnassia palustris which bloom in September. Along with Mount Azumaya, Mount Neko is one of the Shinshu Hometown 120 Mountains (信州ふるさと120山, Shinshuu furusato hyaku ni juu san) published by The Shinano Mainichi Shimbun. The mountain should not be confused with a similarly named Mount Neko (根子岳) in Kumamoto Prefecture. Mount Neko forms the western peak along the rim of the Azumaya Volcano (四阿火山, Azumaya-kazan) caldera. This volcano was active 900,000–300,000 years ago. Other peaks on the caldera are Mount Azumaya (2,354 m (7,723 ft)) to the south, Mount Urakura (浦倉山, Urakura-yama) (2,091 m (6,860 ft)) to the east, and Mount Kimyō (奇妙山, Kimyō-san) (1,629 m (5,344 ft)) to the north. Mount Azumaya is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains.

Neighbouring summits