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JS Ashigara (DDG-178)
JS ''Ashigara'' (DDG-178) is an Atago-class destroyer, Atago-class guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). ''Ashigara'' was named for Mount Ashigara, and is the first Japanese ship to bear the prefix ''JS'' (Japanese Ship) instead of ''JDS'' (Japanese Defense Ship). She was laid down by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Nagasaki on April 6, 2005, launched on August 30, 2006; and was commissioned on 13 March 2008. Service This ship was one of several in the JMSDF fleet participating in disaster relief after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. In late April 2017, the ''Ashigara'' along with the JS ''Samidare'' joined the US Navy's Carrier Strike Group 1 as the Strike Group moved into position off the Korean peninsula in response to escalating tensions between North Korea and the United States over the DPRK's nuclear weapons program. ''Ashigara'' and the participated in the RIMPAC exercises ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Ashigara
Mount Ashigara (足柄山), also known as Mount Kintoki (金時山), is the northernmost peak of the Hakone caldera, on the border of Kanagawa and Shizuoka prefectures, in the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park in Japan. Ashigara is not a remnant of the collapse of the old Hakone volcano itself, but rather a parasitic cone growing from its flank. Mount Ashigara is the legendary birthplace of Kintarō. Etymology The kanji of the mountain's name mean "Leg Handle Mountain", but the written form is ''ateji'', meaning that the kanji were applied phonetically, and not for any symbolic representation of the mountain's characteristics or history. In old songs it is spelled out phonetically as ''asigari'' (阿之賀利) or ''asigara'' (安思我良). Access Hakone side * 90 minutes' walk from Sengoku bus stop Gotemba side * 120 minutes' walk from Otome Toge bus stop Minami Ashigara side * 90 minutes' walk from Ashigara Pass * 120 minutes' walk from Jizodo bus stop See also * Kintoki *As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
