Mount Bandai

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Mount Bandai
Mount Bandai rises above rice fields (view looking north).
Elevation	1,819 m (5,968 ft)
Location	Honshū, Japan
Coordinates	37°35′53″N, 140°04′32″E
Type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	1888
Easiest route	Hapōdai Tozankō (八方台登山口)

Mount Bandai (磐梯山, Bandai-san^?) is a volcano in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

In a major eruption on July 15, 1888^[1] the north and east parts of the caldera collapsed in a massive landslide, forming two lakes, Hibara-ko and Onogawa-ko, as well as several minor lakes called Goshiki-numa, or the 'Five Coloured Lakes'.

The lake district formed by this cataclysm became known variously as Urabandai or Bandai-kōgen, and has become a popular tourist destination.

Contents 1 Climbing Mount Bandai 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References

[edit] Climbing Mount Bandai

There are six major routes up Mount Bandai.

• Inawashiro Tozankō (猪苗代登山口)
• Okinajima Tozankō (翁島登山口)
• Hapōdai Tozankō (八方台登山口)
• Urabandai Tozankō (裏磐梯登山口)
• Kawakami Tozankō (川上登山口)
• Shibutani Tozankō (渋谷登山口)

[edit] See also

• List of the 100 famous mountains in Japan
• 1888 Eruption of Mount Bandai

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Bandai
• Rowthorn, Chris (2005), Japan, Lonely Planet, ISBN 1740599241