About: Mount Akagi (赤城山, Akagi-yama, Red Castle) is a mountain in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
See volcanicjapan.com/ for Info, Maps, and Warnings where I have made it easy to access this information.
Volcano No. - E15
Volcano name - Akagi San (Akagi Yama)
Geologic code - Q3m
Main activity period - Chibanian (Middle Pleistocene) - Late Pleistocene
Activity period / recent activity - 0.5-0.03 Ma, Latest eruption - AD 1251?
Volcano type - Composite (compound) volcano - Caldera, Lava dome
Representative rock type - Intermediate
Main rock type - Andesite, Dacite
Height above sea level - 1828 m (Kurobisan)
Record of eruption & disaster - 18 May 1251: Eruptive activity?; 26 Sep 1947: Lahar. Several fatalities. (Note: I researched this a bit more and during the WW2 period the mountain was heavily cleared for timber therefore the reported "lahar" from what I could find in historical records is also said to be the result of deforestation which caused a landslide)
The broad, low dominantly andesitic stratovolcano rises above the northern end of the Kanto Plain. It contains an elliptical, 3 x 4 km summit caldera with post-caldera lava domes arranged along a NW-SE line. Lake Ono is located at the NE end of the caldera. An older stratovolcano was partially destroyed by edifice collapse, producing a debris-avalanche deposit along the south flank. A series of large plinian eruptions accompanied growth of a second stratovolcano during the Pleistocene. Construction of the central cone in the late-Pleistocene summit caldera began following the last of the plinian eruptions about 31,000 years ago. During historical time unusual activity was recorded on several occasions during the 9th century, but reported eruptions in 1251 and 1938 are considered uncertain. (Source: Global Volcanism Program)
Mount Akagi, along with Mount Myōgi and Mount Haruna, is one of the "Three Mountains of Jōmō" (上毛三山), and the cold north winds which blow down from it are called Akagi-oroshi (赤城おろし) or Karakkaze (空っ風). (Source: Wikipedia)
Getting Started: After arriving from about a 2 hour drive coming from Manza Onsen area and after parking in Onuma parking lot, I decided to hike the Mount Kurobi Loop (see AllTrails here for the trail maps) also shown below. The hike I did (the Kurobi loop) is composed of 2 peaks, Kurobi, and Komagatake however the rim and remaining peaks altogether consist of three Mt Kurobi (which is the highest point), Mt Komagatake, and Mt. Jizodake (which is the second highest peak.
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31 мар 2023
