Mount Myōkō (妙高山, Myōkō-san) is an active stratovolcano in Honshu, Japan. It is situated at the southwest of Myōkō city, Niigata Prefecture, and a part of Jōshin’etsu-kōgen National Park. Mount Myōkō...

Mount Yake (焼岳, Yake-dake) literally, “Burning mountain” is an active volcano in the Hida Mountains, lying between Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, and Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains,...

Mount Hiuchi (火打山, Hiuchi-yama) is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains, reaching the height of 2,462 m (8,077 ft). It is situated in Japan’s Kubiki Mountains in Niigata...

Mount Yoko (横岳, Yoko-dake) also Mount Kita Yoko, is an active lava dome located in the Northern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group of the Yatsugatake Mountains, Honshū, Japan. Mount Yoko has shown the...

Mount Nantai (男体山, Nantai-san) literally “man’s body mountain”, also called Futara-san (二荒山)[1] is a stratovolcano in the Nikkō National Park in Tochigi Prefecture, on central Honshū, the main island of Japan. It...

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...

Mount Asama (浅間山, Asama-yama, literally translated as ‘shallow mountain’) is an active complex volcano in central Honshū, the main island of Japan. The volcano is the...

Mount Nikkō-Shirane (日光白根山, Nikkō-Shirane-san) is a Stratovolcano in the Nikkō National Park in central Honshū, the main island of Japan. It stands at 2,578 m high. It is the...

Mount Tekari (光岳, Tekari-dake) is part of the Akaishi Mountains on the border of Shizuoka and Nagano prefectures in Japan. It is the southernmost mountain in the Akaishi Mountains and...

Mount Yumiori (弓折岳, Yumiori-dake) is a mountain located in the city of Takayama, Gifu, Japan. It is 2,592 m (8,504 ft) tall and part of the Hida Mountains. from...