Mount Rausu

Mount Rausu is a stratovolcano on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaidō, Japan. It sits on the border between the towns of Shari and Rausu. Mount Rausu is the northeasternmost Holocene volcano on Hokkaidō. It is one of the List of [the 100 famous mountains in Japan|100 famous mountains in Japan].
Mount Rausu's opening festival is held annually on July 3. This day officially opens the climbing season.
In the past 2,200 years Mount Rausu is believed to have erupted thrice, with a Plinian Eruption roughly 1,400 years ago and a pyroclastic flow about 500 years ago.

History

On June 1, 1964, the region around Mount Rausu was declared a protected area called the Shiretoko National Park In July 2005, Shiretoko was registered as a Natural World Heritage Site by UNESCO.