Mount Tateshina

LocationHonshū, JapanParent rangeNorthern Yatsugatake Volcanic GroupGeologyMountain typeComplex volcanoLast eruptionUnknown

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

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  Ruin of the volcanic crater of Mount Tateshina
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  Top of Mount Tateshina
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  Yatsugatake Mountains from Mount Tateshina
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  Mount Tateshina from the middle of the mountain
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  Mount Tateshina from Mount Tengu
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  Mount Tateshina from Mount Aka
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  Mount Tateshina from Mount Iō
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  Mount Tateshina in August

See also

• List of volcanoes in Japan
• List of mountains in Japan

References

HokkaidōTōhoku region
Jōshinetsu regionKantō regionChūbu region

Hida Mountains (Northern Alps)	Mt. Shirouma Mt. Goryu Mt. Kashimayari Mt. Tsurugi Mt. Tate Mt. Yakushi Mt. Kurobegorō Mt. Kuro (Suishō) Mt. Washiba Mt. Yari Mt. Hotaka Mt. Jōnen Mt. Kasa Mt. Yake Mt. Norikura
Kiso Mountains (Central Alps)	Mt. Kisokoma Mt. Utsugi Mt. Ena
Akaishi Mountains (Southern Alps)	Mt. Kaikoma Mt. Senjō Mt. Hōō Mt. Kita Mt. Aino Mt. Shiomi Mt. Warusawa Mt. Akaishi Mt. Hijiri Mt. Tekari
Others	Mt. Fuji Mt. Ontake Utsukushigahara [ja] Mt. Kirigamine Mt. Tateshina Yatsugatake Mt. Haku Mt. Arashima Mt. Azumaya

Western Japan