Mount Takao is located outside Tokyo's city centre and can be reached within 50 minutes by express train from Shinjuku Station. Takao forms part of the protected area of Meiji no Mori Takao Quasi-National Park and stands 599 metres high. Visitors can enjoy the network of numbered hiking trails which lead up the slopes. Mount Takao offers a cable car ride, an observation deck with views over Tokyo, a Monkey Park, a hot spring bath house and a nature museum. The Yakuoin Temple stands along the trail near the mountain summit.