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Mount Akagi (赤城山, Akagi-yama, Red Castle) is a stratovolcano in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. The broad, low dominantly andesitic stratovolcano rises above the northern end of the Kanto Plain. It contains an elliptical, 3 km × 4 km (1.9 mi × 2.5 mi) summit caldera with post-caldera lava domes arranged along a NW–SE line.
Akagi (Japanese: 赤城, "Red castle", named after Mount Akagi) was an aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Though she was laid down as an Amagi-class battlecruiser, Akagi was converted to an aircraft carrier while still under construction to comply with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty.
Mount Nakanodake viewed from Mount Shibutsu. Because Gunma is situated in inland Japan, the difference in temperature in the summer compared to the winter is large, and there is less precipitation. This is because of the karakkaze ("empty wind"), a strong, dry wind that occurs in the winter when the snow falls on the coasts of Niigata.
Senjōgahara can be translated as "battlefield", referring to a mythical tale of the gods of Mount Nantai and Mount Akagi fighting for control of Lake Chūzenji. [3] It lies just to the east of Odashirogahara.
To the west is Mount Haruna, and to the east is Mount Akagi. To the north are Mount Onoko and Mount Komochi. The Tone River flows from the north (between Mount Akagi and Mount Komochi) southward through the city, while the Agatsuma River flows from the west (between Mount Onoko and Mount Haruna), merging with the Tone River near the center of ...
The Onna-bori extends from an elevation of 100 meters on Mount Akagi for some thirteen kilometers east to west, and with a width of between 15 and 30 meters and a depth of three to four meters. The origins of the Onna-bori are uncertain. According to legend, it was made by a woman using her kanzashi hairpin in one night.
Maebashi is located at the foot of Mount Akagi in the northeast corner of the Kantō Plain. It is also surrounded by Mount Haruna and Mount Myōgi. Two rivers run through the city: the Tone River, Japan's second-longest, and the Hirose River. Although it is located inland more than 100 kilometers away from the coast, the elevation of the ...
Akagi (surname), a Japanese surname; Akagi, a train service in Japan "Akagi", a song performed by Maximum the Hormone; One of two ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy: Japanese gunboat Akagi, which served in the Sino-Japanese War; Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi, which served in World War II; Mount Akagi, a mountain in the Kantō region of Japan