Mount Aso

I looked over Mount Aso. Mount Aso lies for the city in Kumamoto Prefecture. Mount Aso is an active volcano. It has one of famous calderas in the world and a grand outer rim of a volcanic crater. People is felt a sense of closeness to that Mount Aso as a symbol of Kumamoto. Volcano is calm in season, we can see a crater. Mount Aso is formal called Aso-gogaku.

Next, I’ll tell about climate of Mount Aso. The central cone group of Aso consists of five peaks: Mt. Neko, Mt. Taka, Mt. Naka, Mt. Eboshi, and Mt. Kishima. At the foot of a mountain and an inland of the Aso district is warm and damp climate same a plain area. But, summer is cool and winter is intense cold.

Now, from three hundred thousand years to nine thousand years, Mount Aso erupted for four times. The scale of a volcanic eruption was very large. Fourth eruption was especially large scale. Central area of Kyushu and a part of Yamaguchi were covered with pyroclastic flow.

There are many hot springs in the outskirts of Mount Aso. Kurokawa hot spring is one of the famous hot springs in Kumamoto. Aso is specified as the nation protection of hot spring places.

Recently, tourist from Asia visit Mount Aso. It was forbidden to drive cars onto the crater of Mount Aso before. But, you can drive cars vicinity of the crater. In Kusasennri, you can ride a horse. There are many campsites in the foot of Mount Aso.(271)