Mount Tateshina
Mount Tateshina (蓼科山, Tateshina-yama) also Suwa Fuji is a complex volcano located on the border of the municipalities of Chino and Tateshina in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
It has an elevation of 2,530 m (8,301 ft). This mountain is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains.
Outline
Mount Tateshina is a typical complex volcano. About the origin of the name of this mountain, tate means water-pepper, and shina means steps or high places. So Tateshina is literally a high mountain of water-peppers. The other name of this mountain Suwa Fuji, literally, Mount Fuji of the Suwa region.
Mount Tateshina is an important part of Yatsugatake-Chūshin Kōgen Quasi-National Park.
Route
Routes to climb up Mount Tateshina are well-developed. The most popular route is to start from the Nanagome parking lot.
Gallery
- Ruin of the volcanic crater of Mount Tateshina
- Top of Mount Tateshina
- Yatsugatake Mountains from Mount Tateshina
- Mount Tateshina from the middle of the mountain
- Mount Tateshina from Mount Tengu
- Mount Tateshina from Mount Aka
- Mount Tateshina from Mount Iō
- Mount Tateshina in August
See also
References
- Shirakaba Kogen Hotel
- Official Home Page of the Geographical Survey Institute in Japan
- "Yokodake". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
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