Aokigahara Maruo - Aokigahara Maruo

...The Aokigahara Jukai forest stretches over an area of ​​30 km2, with an elevation of 900-1200 m, a circumference of 16 km, and an area of ​​30 km2. It is called the Aokigahara Jukai forest because it looks like the sea when seen from afar. Its origins date back to 864 (Jogan 6), when a large amount of lava flow (Aokigahara Marubi) was discharged during the eruption of Mount Nagao, a lateral volcano of Mount Fuji. It is said that the forest was created after several hundred years of dense growth of trees due to the influence of underground water, and because it is on a lava field, it is difficult for humans to reach it. The lava flow spread out like a palm at the foot of the mountain, and when it reached the Misaka mountain range, it flowed into a large lake, which was then called Senoumi, and created the dammed lakes of Lake Saiko and Lake Shoji. ...

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…標高900～1200m，周囲16km，面積30km2にわたって広がり，遠望すると海のように見えるところから青木ヶ原樹海と呼ばれている。成因は864年(貞観6)富士山の側火山，長尾山の噴火で大量の溶岩流(青木ヶ原丸尾（まるび）)が流出した上に，伏流水などの影響で数百年を要して樹木が密生し，溶岩原上のため人手が入りにくく残ったとされる。溶岩流は山麓では掌状に広がり，御坂（みさか）山地に達して当時剗海（せのうみ）と呼ばれていた大湖に流れ込み西湖，精進（しようじ）湖の堰止湖を生じた。…

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