Mount Akan-Fuji1,476 m

About Mount Akan-Fuji

Mount Akan-Fuji is a 1,476 m mountain near the boundary of Ashoro Town, Shiranuka Town and Kushiro City, Hokkaido. It lies within Akan-Mashu National Park. It was chosen in the 1993 first edition of Hokkaido Hyakumeizan (100 Famous Mountains of Hokkaido) and is one of eight replaced in the 2003 revised edition. One of the eight small volcanoes that make up Meakandake. It was built between about 2,500 and 1,000 years ago from basalt lava and erupted cinders. It is part of the active volcano the Japan Meteorological Agency calls Meakandake.

Sources: GSI, Elevations of Major Mountains in Japan, MLIT, National Land Numerical Information: Natural Park Areas, Wikipedia, "Hokkaido Hyakumeizan" (list of the selection in the Yama-Kei book), Japan Meteorological Agency, Meakandake (sources in Japanese)

Mountain data

Elevation

1,476 m#59 of 156 by height

Elevation basis

Triangulation pointGeospatial Information Authority of Japan, Elevations of Major Mountains in Japan (March 31, 2026)

Japanese name

阿寒富士（あかんふじ）

Location

Ashoro Town, Shiranuka Town, Kushiro City, Hokkaido

Area

Tokachi

Natural park

Akan-Mashu National Park

Active volcano

Part of Meakandake

100 Famous Japanese Mountains

None

Hokkaido Hyakumeizan

1993 edition only (No. 35)

The location lists the municipality of the summit and any others within 300 m of it (checked with the GSI reverse geocoder).

Themes that include Mount Akan-Fuji

• Hokkaido 100 Mountains
• 1993 edition only
• Active volcanoes
• Akan-Mashu National Park