Mount Tateshina

Mount Tateshina
蓼科山
Mount Tateshina in Winter (December 2008)
Highest point
Elevation	2,530 m (8,300 ft)
Listing	100 Famous Japanese Mountains
Coordinates	36°6′13″N 138°17′42″E
Naming
English translation	high mountain of water-peppers
Language of name	Japanese
Geography
Location	Honshū, Japan
Parent range	Northern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group
Geology
Mountain type	Complex volcano
Last eruption	Unknown

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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  Top of Mount Tateshina
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  Yatsugatake Mountains from Mount Tateshina
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  Ruin of the volcanic crater of 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 Tatashina from Mount Iō
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  Mount Tatashina in August

See also

• List of volcanoes in Japan

References

• Shirakaba Kogen Hotel
• Official Home Page of the Geographical Survey Institute in Japan