Mount Ashitaka

Japanese: 愛鷹山 - あしたかやま
Mount Ashitaka

A volcano located southeast of Mount Fuji in Shizuoka Prefecture. The highest point is Mount Echizen, 1,504 meters above sea level. From Mount Echizen to Mount Yobiko (1,310 meters), Mount Ihai (1,458 meters), and Mount Aitaka (1,188 meters in the strict sense), the mountain is characterized by its sawtooth-shaped eroded ridge when viewed from afar. It is a stratovolcano formed at roughly the same time as the Hakone volcano, and the source of the Suzu River on the west side of Mount Ihai is said to be the former crater. The northern slope of Mount Echizen borders Mount Fuji and forms the Jurigi Plateau. The southeastern foot of the mountain has gentle slopes and has been converted into a golf course. The mountain was once called Ashitaka no Mine, and in ancient times an official ranch was established there for horse grazing. The slopes at the base of the mountain are covered with tea plantations, tree orchards, and farmland, and the Negata Kaido, a former Tokaido road, runs through the foot of the mountain on the border with Ukishimahara.

[Kitagawa Mitsuo]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

静岡県、富士山の南東に位置する火山。最高点は越前岳(えちぜんだけ)で標高1504メートル。山上は、越前岳から呼子(よびこ)岳(1310メートル)、位牌(いはい)岳(1458メートル)、狭義の愛鷹山(1188メートル)へと続き、遠望すると、鋸歯(きょし)状に侵食された山稜(さんりょう)に特色がある。箱根火山とほぼ同時期の活動で形成された成層火山で、位牌岳西側の須津(すど)川源流部が旧火口部といわれる。越前岳北斜面は富士山と接し、十里木高原(じゅうりぎこうげん)となる。南東麓(ろく)には緩斜面が広がり、ゴルフ場への改変が進んだ。山名はかつて足高之峰とも書かれ、古代には官牧が設けられ、馬の放牧がなされていた。裾野(すその)の斜面は茶園、樹園地、畑地も広く、浮島ヶ原(うきしまがはら)との境の山麓には、かつての東海道である根方(ねがた)街道が通る。

[北川光雄]

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