Overview
A mountain pushed up out of a wheat field. It rose over two years from 1943, and steam still escapes from its flanks.
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A volcano in Sobetsu, Usu District, Hokkaido. In 1943 a wheat field began to rise, and in only about two years it took its present form. Standing 398 m high, its reddish-brown slopes still give off steam, and it is regarded as a rare volcano of the "belonite" type (lava dome).
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