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Quaternary Volcanoes of Japan - Geological Survey of Japan; Volcano on Google Map - Geological Survey of Japan; The National Catalogue of the Active Volcanoes in Japan - Japan Meteorological Agency; 日本の主な山岳標高 (Elevation of Principal Mountains in Japan) - Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (in Japanese)
Mount Aso (阿蘇山, Aso-san) or Aso Volcano is the largest active volcano in Japan and among the largest in the world. Common use relates often only to the somma volcano in the centre of Aso Caldera. It stands in Aso Kujū National Park in Kumamoto Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu.
Earlier eruptions built the white sand highlands in the region. On September 13, 2016, a team of experts from Bristol University and the Sakurajima Volcano Research Centre in Japan suggested that the volcano could have a major eruption within 30 years; since then two eruptions have occurred. [6] Sakurajima is a stratovolcano.
Mount Yōtei (羊蹄山, Yōtei-zan, literally "sheep-hoof mountain") is an active [2] [3] stratovolcano located in Shikotsu-Toya National Park, Hokkaidō, Japan.It is also called Yezo Fuji or Ezo Fuji (蝦夷富士), "Ezo" being an old name for the island of Hokkaido, because it resembles Mount Fuji.
Nikkō is home to many underwater species, specifically 14 species which come from 12 families including the Symphurus thermophilus, which are species that live in hydrothermal vent environments, which Nikkō has hydrothermal vents considering it is an active volcano. [3]
The unnamed undersea volcano, located about 1 kilometer (half a mile) off the southern coast of Iwo Jima, which Japan calls Ioto, started its latest series of eruptions on Oct. 21.
Mount Tarumae (樽前山, Tarumae-zan) is located in the Shikotsu-Toya National Park in Hokkaidō, Japan. It is located near both Tomakomai and Chitose towns and can be seen clearly from both. It is on the shores of Lake Shikotsu , a caldera lake.
Mount Tokachi (十勝岳, Tokachidake) is an active volcano located in Daisetsuzan National Park, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is the tallest volcano of the Tokachi Volcanic Group, with a height of 2,077 metres (6,814 ft). [1] It is one of the 100 famous mountains in Japan. There are four hiking trails to the peak of Tokachidake.