Mount Usu
有珠山
An active volcano in a UNESCO Global Geopark featuring craters and landscapes shaped by major 20th-century eruptions.
What it is
- An active 733-meter volcano located south of Lake Toya in Hokkaido.
- A designated UNESCO Global Geopark within Shikotsu-Toya National Park.
- A geological site formed approximately 15,000 to 20,000 years ago.
- A site of frequent volcanic activity with four major eruptions during the 20th century.
What to see
- The West Mountain Crater Walk featuring roads destroyed by the 2000 eruption.
- Showa Shinzan, a mountain formed during the eruption between 1944 and 1945.
- Mount Yosomi, which was created during the volcanic activity of 1910.
- Evidence of pyroclastic flows and historical eruption sites across the landscape.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
Mount Usu Open in Google Maps
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