is a small island in Miyagi Prefecture in north-eastern Japan. It lies in the Pacific Ocean approximately one kilometer off the Oshika Peninsula.

Geography Kinkasan is in area, and its highest point is the pyramid-shaped Mount Kinka, which stands at .

It can be reached by ferry from Ishinomaki.

History There is a shrine on the island, called Koganeyama-jinja, which dates from the 8th century.

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