Mount Azuma
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| Mount Azuma | |
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 Mount Azuma, May 2007. |
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| Elevation | 1,705 m (5,594 ft) |
| Location | Honshū, Japan |
| Range | Azuma Mountain Range |
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| Type | Stratovolcano |
| Last eruption | 1977 |
Mount Azuma-kofuji (吾妻山?) is a dormant stratovolcano in Fukushima prefecture, Japan. It has a conical-shaped crater and as the name "Kofuji" (small Mount Fuji) suggests, the shape of Mount Azuma is like that of Mount Fuji.[1] Mount Azuma's appealing symmetrical crater and the nearby fumarolic area with its many onsen have made it a popular tourist destination. The Azuma volcanic group contains several volcanic lakes, including Goshiki-numa, the 'Five Colored Lakes'. Each Spring, as the snow melts away, a white rabbit appears on the side of Mount Azuma.
The melting snow shaped like a rabbit is known as the 'seeding rabbit' and signals to the people of Fukushima that the farming season has come.[2]
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[edit] References
- Takeda, Toru; Hishinuma, Tomio; Kamieda; Dale, Leigh & Oguma, Chiyoichi (August 10, 1988), Hello! Fukushima - International Exchange Guide Book (1988 ed.), Fukushima City: Fukushima Mimpo Press
- Takeda, Toru; Hishinuma, Tomio; Oguma & Takiguchi, R. (July 7, 2001), Fukushima - Today & Tomorrow, Rekishi Shunju Publishing Co., ISBN 4-89757-432-3
- Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Azuma
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