Takaosan is a mountain located in the western suburb of Tokyo. It is designated as Meijinomori Takao National Park (明治の森高尾国定公園).

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Tokyo prefecture is one of the largest urban areas in the world with a population of 14 million, and the population density is 6,349 person/sq.km. It has a land area of only 2,194 sq.km, one fifth of New York Metropolitan Area.
In spite of that, Tokyo has nature areas with primeval forests and pacific islands of coral reeves. Tokyo even has Ogasawara Islands (or Bonin Islands) that are on the list of UNESCO's World "Natural" Heritage.
Takaosan is a religious sanctuary and nature area in the western part of Tokyo metropolitan prefecture.

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Tama is the name given to the mountainous part of Tokyo metropolitan prefecture, and the Tama-gawa river flows through the Tama area, which is Tokyo's western suburb, and flows into Tokyo Bay just beside the Tokyo Haneda International Airport. Oume (青梅) is a city that occupies an area along the upper stream of Tamagawa river.

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Okutama lake is a reservoir built at an upstream of Tama-gawa river. It is in Tokyo prefecture. This is the principal source of tap water in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

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