Mount Azuma-kofuji

Mount Azuma
吾妻山
File:Mount Azuma-kofuji-1, May 2007.JPG Kofuji Crater of Azuma Volcano
Highest point
Elevation
Coordinates
Geography
Mount Azuma Location of Mount Azuma in Japan.
Location	Fukushima, Tōhoku region, Japan
Parent range	Azuma Mountain Range
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	December 1977

Mount Azuma-kofuji (吾妻小富士) is an active 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. Mount Azuma's appealing symmetrical crater and the nearby fumarolic area with its many onsen have made it a popular tourist destination.

The Bandai-Azuma Skyline passes just below the crater, allowing visitors to drive to within walking distance of the crater and other various hiking trails on the mountain. There is also a visitor center along the roadway near the crater, where a collection of eateries, facilities, a parking lot, and a stop for busses from Fukushima Station are located.

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.

See also

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• List of volcanoes in Japan
• List of the 100 famous mountains in Japan

External links

• Azumayama - Japan Meteorological Agency (Japanese)
• Azumayama: National catalogue of the active volcanoes in Japan PDF - Japan Meteorological Agency
• Azuma Yama - Geological Survey of Japan
• Azumayama: Global Volcanism Program - Smithsonian Institution