is a dormant

stratovolcano A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with a summit crater and per ...

in Gunma, eastern

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Outline

Mount Haruna started to form more than 300,000 years ago and the last known eruption was 550 AD. The volcano has a summit

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containing the symmetrical

cinder cone A cinder cone (or scoria cone) is a steep conical hill of loose pyroclastic fragments, such as volcanic clinkers, volcanic ash, or scoria that has been built around a volcanic vent. The pyroclastic fragments are formed by explosive eruptions o ...

Mount Haruna-Fuji Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest. Mount or Mounts may also refer to: Places * Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England * Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, C ...

, along with a crater lake,

Lake Haruna is a caldera lake. It lies near the summit of Mount Haruna, within the city limits of Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. A former name for the lake is . In the summer, the lake is a popular destination for campers. The surface freezes in the wi ...

, along the western side. To the west of the lake is

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, the tallest of Mount Haruna's numerous peaks at high. Haruna00

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

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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.)

In popular culture

The mountain was made famous in the manga series ''

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'' under the fictional name Akina (秋名), where the main character, Takumi Fujiwara, delivers tofu every day to a hotel uphill, and back down using his father's highly 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 '' Kaido Battle'', ''Kaido Battle 2: Chain Reaction'' and '' Kaido: Touge no Densetsu''. It is also featured in the PC games '' Race Driver: GRID'' and '' Blur'', although not realistically.

Gallery

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