Mount Futago ( = ''Futago-Yama'') is a twin-peak mountain in the central volcanic cones of

Mount Hakone , with its highest peak Mount Kami (Hakone), Mount Kami (1,438 meters), is a complex volcano in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan that is truncated by two overlapping calderas, the largest of which is 10 × 11 km wide. The calderas were fo ...

, located in

Hakone, Kanagawa is a town in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the town had a population of 10,965, and total area of . Hakone is a notable spa town and a popular tourist destination due to its many hot springs being within view of nearby Mount Fuji, the most vis ...

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

. It consists of Upper Futago Mountain (1,099 meters) in the north, and Lower Futago Mountain (1,065 meters) in the south. Although entering this mountain is prohibited in order to preserve nature,Mt. Futago (Hakone, Japan)
/ref> Mount Futago is easily recognizable from various directions because of its prominent twin peaks and the relay towers of NTT Telecommunications East and NTT Docomo, which play an important role in Japan's busy east-west telecommunications.

In popular culture

* Mount Futago appears as a prominent location in the 6th episode of the anime

Neon Genesis Evangelion , also known as ''Evangelion'' or ''Eva'', is a Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Gainax and Tatsunoko Production, and directed by Hideaki Anno. It was broadcast on TV Tokyo and its affiliates from October 1995 to March 1 ...

References

The Japanese daikaiju, Gyaos, resided Mount Futago in "Gamera vs Gyaos"1967.

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In popular culture

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