Mount Yufu - Yufudake

Japanese: 由布岳 - ゆふだけ
Mount Yufu - Yufudake

A volcano located in central Oita Prefecture, on the border between Beppu City and the Yufuin district of Yufu City. The Bungo no Kuni Fudoki states that the mountain was named Yufu-no-mine because of the nearby Yufu-no-sato, and the Man'yoshu refers to it as Mt. Yufu. It is also called Bungo Fuji, but it is a bell-shaped volcano made of pyroxene-containing amphibole andesite lava, and its base is not very well developed. The summit is divided into two peaks, Higashi-no-dake (1,583 meters) and Nishi-no-dake (1,584 meters), with an incomplete crater-like depression 60 to 70 meters deep between them. The summit offers excellent views of the Kuju volcanic group, Mt. Hiko, and Mt. Sobo, and the area is beautiful with Miyamakirishi flowers in summer and frost in winter. The Kyushu Trans-Kyushu Highway runs along the southern foot of the mountain, and the trailhead, Ikkenya, is at an altitude of 780 meters. It is part of Aso Kuju National Park.

[Shunichi Kaneko]

"Yufusan" edited by Kato Kazunori (1958, Yufuin Town Tourism Association)

Mount Yufu
View from the south. Aso-Kuju National Park area. Yufu City and Beppu City, Oita Prefecture ©Ministry of the Environment ">

Mount Yufu


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

大分県中部、別府市(べっぷし)と由布市湯布院(ゆふいん)地区との境にある火山。『豊後国風土記(ぶんごのくにふどき)』では、近くに柚富郷(ゆふのさと)があるので柚富の峰の名がついたとし、『万葉集』には木綿(ゆふ)山とある。豊後富士の称もあるが、含輝石角閃(かくせん)石安山岩溶岩からなる鐘状火山であり、裾野(すその)の発達は小さい。山頂は東ノ岳(1583メートル)と西ノ岳(1584メートル)の二峰に分かれ、その間に深さ60~70メートルの不完全な火口状くぼ地がある。山頂は九重(くじゅう)火山群、英彦(ひこ)山、祖母(そぼ)山などの展望に優れ、一帯は夏はミヤマキリシマ、冬は霧氷が美観を呈する。南麓(ろく)を九州横断道路が走り、登山口「一軒屋(いっけんや)」の標高は780メートル。阿蘇くじゅう国立公園(あそくじゅうこくりつこうえん)に含まれる。

[兼子俊一]

『加藤数功編『由布山』(1958・湯布院町観光協会)』

由布岳
南側からの眺望。阿蘇くじゅう国立公園域。大分県由布市・別府市©環境省">

由布岳


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