is a dormant stratovolcano

Stratovolcano

A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a tall, conical volcano built up by many layers of hardened lava, tephra, pumice, and volcanic ash. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile and periodic, explosive eruptions...

 in Gunma

Gunma Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the northwest corner of the Kantō region on Honshu island. Its capital is Maebashi.- History :The remains of a Paleolithic man were found at Iwajuku, Gunma Prefecture, in the early 20th century and there is a public museum there.Japan was without horses until...

, eastern Honshū

Honshu

is the largest island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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Outline

Mount Haruna has many peaks and the tallest one, Mount Kamonga is 1,449 m high. It appeared about 300,000 years ago and the last known eruption was c. 550

550

Year 550 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 550 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Byzantine Empire :* January 16 – Gothic War :...

. The volcano has a summit caldera containing the symmetrical cone of Mount Harunafuji, along with a crater lake

Crater lake

A crater lake is a lake that forms in a volcanic crater or caldera, such as a maar; less commonly and with lower association to the term a lake may form in an impact crater caused by a meteorite. Sometimes lakes which form inside calderas are called caldera lakes, but often this distinction is not...

, Lake Haruna

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 ....

, along the western side. To the west of the lake is Mount Kamonga, the tallest peak.

The lake and the area to its east, as well as the southern and southwestern slopes, lie within the borders of Takasaki

Takasaki, Gunma

is a city located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.The city was founded on April 1, 1900.Takasaki is a regional transportation hub because its train station is the junction of several rail lines as well as a Shinkansen stop....

 city. The border of Shibukawa

Shibukawa, Gunma

is a city located in the extreme northwest of the Kantō Plain, in the center of landlocked Gunma, Japan. Encompassing the juncture of the Tone River and Agatsuma River, it is about 120km from Tokyo...

 city (to the east) nearly approaches Lake Haruna. Both Shinto

Shinto, Gunma

is a village located in Kitagunma District, Japan.As of September 1, 2007, the village has an estimated population of 14,302 and a density of 511.88 persons per km²...

 village and Yoshioka

Yoshioka, Gunma

is a town located in Kitagunma District, Gunma, Japan.As of July 1, 2009, the town has an estimated population of 19,161 people and a density of 934.68 persons per km².There are 6,409 households in Yoshioka within a total area of 20.50 km².-Geography:Located in central Gunma, it sits on the...

 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

Mount Akagi

is a mountain in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.The broad, low dominantly andesitic stratovolcano rises above the northern end of the Kanto Plain. It contains an elliptical, 3 x 4 km summit caldera with post-caldera lava domes arranged along a NW-SE line. Lake Ono is located at the NE end of the...

 and Mount Myōgi

Mount Myogi

is one of the major mountains in the Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Well known for its rocks weathered into fantastic forms, this famous peak is ranked among Japan's three most noted places of rugged beauty...

, is one of the "Three Mountains of Jōmō." (Jōmō is an old name for Gunma.)

In popular culture

In the anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 Initial D

Initial D

is a manga by Shuichi Shigeno which has been serialized in Kodansha's Young Magazine since 1995. It has been adapted into a long-running anime series by OB Planning, Studio Comet, Studio Gallop, Pastel, and A.C.G.T, and a live action film by Avex and Media Asia...

Haruna appears under the name "Akina" (秋名). The mountain is where the main character, Takumi Fujiwara, delivers tofu

Tofu

is a food made by coagulating soy milk and then pressing the resulting curds into soft white blocks. It is part of East Asian and Southeast Asian cuisine such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Vietnamese, and others. There are many different varieties of tofu, including fresh tofu and tofu...

 everyday to a hotel uphill, using his Toyota Sprinter Trueno (AE86)

Toyota AE86

The AE86 generation of the Toyota Corolla Levin and Toyota Sprinter Trueno is a small, lightweight coupe introduced by Toyota in 1983 as part of the fifth generation Toyota Corolla lineup. For the purpose of brevity, the insider-chassis code of "AE86" is used to describe the whole range...

. It is also where Takumi won his first few races.

The mountain is featured in the PS2 game Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift 2

Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift 2

Tokyo Xtreme Racer DRIFT 2 is a racing simulator by Genki that was released in 2005...

. It is also featured in the PC games Race Driver: GRID

Race Driver: GRID

Race Driver: Grid is the most recent addition to the TOCA Touring Car series, which is published and developed by Codemasters...

 and Blur

Blur (video game)

Blur is an arcade racing video game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Activision in North America and Europe...

, although not realistically.

See also

• List of volcanoes in Japan
• The battleship
  Battleship
  A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns. Battleships were larger, better armed and armored than cruisers and destroyers. As the largest armed ships in a fleet, battleships were used to attain command of the sea and represented the apex of a...
  
   Haruna
  Japanese battleship Haruna
  , named after Mount Haruna, was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during :World War I and :World War II. Designed by the British naval engineer George Thurston, she was the fourth and last battlecruiser of the , among the most heavily armed ships in any navy when built...
  
   and the modern JMSDF destroyer Haruna
  Haruna class destroyer
  The Haruna class destroyers are a class of Japanese destroyer originally built during the early 1970s. These helicopter carrying destroyers are built around a large central hangar which houses up to three helicopters. The ships were upgraded with Sea Sparrow launchers, Phalanx CIWS systems and...
  
   was named after the mountain.
• Haruna, Gunma
  Haruna, Gunma
  Haruna was a town located in Takasaki City, Gunma, Japan.As of June 30, 2004, the town had an estimated population of 22,303 and a total area of 93.59 km².On October 1, 2006 Haruna was merged into the expanded Takasaki City .-Geography:...
  
  
• Haruna Shrine
  Haruna Shrine
  is a Shinto shrine located in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Mount Haruna, the mountain where the shrine is located, is one of the "Three Mountains of Jōmō" and the shrine has a close relationship with the shrines of the other two mountains, Mount Akagi and Mount Myōgi.-History:Haruna Shrine...
  
  
• Harunasan Ropeway
  Harunasan Ropeway
  The is Japanese aerial lift line in Haruna, Gunma, operated by Tanigawadake Ropeway Company. The Tōbu Group company also operates another aerial lift line, Tanigawadake Ropeway. The line climbs to the summit of Mount Haruna...