Mount Furutaka

Japanese: 古鷹山 - ふるたかやま

A 376m-high mountain towering over the center of Etajima-cho, Aki-gun, Hiroshima Prefecture. Until the end of World War II, the Naval Academy was located on the southern foot of the mountain, and the facility is currently used as the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Officer Candidate School and the First Service School. The mountain is made of coarse-grained biotite granite, which is easily weathered, and its steep terrain makes it prone to collapse. In June 1978, a large-scale forest fire burned the entire mountain, and with the arrival of the rainy season, there were fears of a secondary disaster from mudslides. Restoration was rushed for both disaster prevention and landscape reasons, and environmental conservation has been much debated. [Fujiwara Kenzo]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

広島県安芸郡江田島町の中央部にそびえる標高376mの山。南麓に第2次大戦終結時まで海軍兵学校があり，現在，その施設は海上自衛隊幹部候補生学校，第1術科学校として使われている。風化にもろい粗粒の黒雲母花コウ岩からなり，崩壊しやすい急峻な地形である。1978年6月大規模林野火災によって全山が焼け，梅雨期を迎えて土石流の二次災害が危ぶまれた。防災と景観の両方から復旧を急ぎ，環境保全に多くの論議を呼んだ。【藤原健蔵】

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