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Mount Io

Hokkaido · · Hot Springs

Japanese name: 硫黄山

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WHAT TO DOMount Io

The active volcano that feeds Kawayu Onsen. Vents crowd the slope and sulphur crystals form around them.

WHEREHokkaido

Hokkaido

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Overview

The active volcano that feeds Kawayu Onsen. Vents crowd the slope and sulphur crystals form around them.

About this place

An active volcano in Kawayu, Teshikaga, Hokkaido, known as the source of Kawayu Onsen. You can watch white smoke rising from countless fumaroles up close. It once prospered through sulfur mining, and its name in Ainu is Atosanupuri, meaning "naked mountain." Parking: 150 spaces, paid.

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