Mount Haruna

"Harunasan" redirects here. For the minor planet, see 6423 Harunasan. For other uses, see Haruna (disambiguation).
Mount Haruna
榛名山

Haruna volcano from the east
Highest point
Elevation 1,449 m (4,754 ft)
Coordinates 36°28.530′N 138°52.668′E / 36.475500°N 138.877800°E / 36.475500; 138.877800Coordinates: 36°28.530′N 138°52.668′E / 36.475500°N 138.877800°E / 36.475500; 138.877800
Geography
Mount Haruna

Honshū, Japan

Geology
Mountain type Stratovolcano
Last eruption 550 CE ± 10 years

Mount Haruna (榛名山 Haruna-san) is a dormant stratovolcano in Gunma, eastern Honshū, Japan.

Outline

Mount Haruna has many peaks and the tallest one, Mount Kamonga is 1,449 m high. It appeared about 300,000 years ago and the last known eruption was c. 550. The volcano has a summit caldera containing the symmetrical cone of Mount Harunafuji, along with a crater lake, Lake Haruna, along the western side. To the west of the lake is Mount Kamonga, the tallest peak.

Inside of Haruna Caldera with Haruna-fuji lava dome and Lake Haruna.

The lake and the area to its east, as well as the southern and southwestern slopes, lie within the borders of Takasaki city. The border of Shibukawa city (to the east) nearly approaches Lake Haruna. Both Shinto village and Yoshioka town are on the southeast slopes of the mountain. The northern and northwestern slopes lie within Higashi Agatsuma town, which also bounds Lake Haruna. The summit lies on the border of Takasaki and Higashi Agatsuma.

Mount Haruna, along with Mount Akagi and Mount Myōgi, is one of the "Three Mountains of Jōmō." (Jōmō is an old name for Gunma.)

The mountain is made famous in the manga series Initial D under the fictional name Akina (秋名), where the main character, Takumi Fujiwara, delivers tofu every day to a hotel uphill, using his father's (eventually gained full ownership) heavily modified Toyota Sprinter Trueno (AE86). It is also where Takumi won his first few races. It is the home course for the racing team called the Akina Speed Stars with which Takumi becomes closely associated. Later in the anime Takumi due to his unbeatable track records and for his downhill driving technique, is popularly referred to as 'Akina's 86'.

The mountain is featured in the PlayStation 2 games "Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift"and Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift 2. It is also featured in the PC games Race Driver: GRID and Blur, although not realistically.

See also

References

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