List of volcanoes in Japan

Japan has many mountains that are special because they are volcanoes. Some of these volcanoes are still active today, meaning they can erupt again, while others are extinct and will never erupt again. On this list, you will see both kinds of volcanoes. Volcanoes are important because they shape the land and can sometimes affect the lives of people living nearby. An active volcano is shown with an orange background, as decided by the Japan Meteorological Agency, which keeps an eye on these powerful natural features. Exploring these volcanoes helps us understand Earth's powerful forces and the history of our planet. You can find more information about volcanoes around the world in the Lists of volcanoes.

Hokkaido

Name	Elevation (m)	Elevation (ft)	Last eruption
Akaigawa Caldera	725	2379	1.3 Ma BP
Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group	2290	7513	AD 1739
Mount Eniwa	1320	4331	AD 1707
Mount E	613	2028	AD 1874
Mount Iō	512	1680	Not known
Akan Caldera	-	-	0.25 Ma BP
Mount Meakan	1499	4916	AD 2008
Mount Oakan	1370	4495	5 ka BP
Mount Iō	1563	5128	AD 1936
Kussharo Caldera	-	-	2.3 ka BP
Kuttara Caldera	581	1906	40 ka BP
Mashū Caldera	855	2805	1 ka BP
Nigorigawa Caldera	356	1168	15 ka BP
Nipesotsu-Maruyama Volcanic Group	2013	6604	AD 1898
Niseko Volcanic Group	1309	4295	6 ka BP
Mount Onnebetsu	1330	4364	0.2 Ma BP
Oshima-Ōshima	737	2418	AD 1759
Mount Rausu	1661	5449	150 BP
Mount Rishiri	1721	5646	7.78 ka BP
Shikaribetsu Volcano Group	1430	4692	20 ka BP
Shikotsu Caldera	1320	4331	AD 1978
Mount Shiribetsu	1107	3632	Not known
Tōya Caldera	-	-	AD 2000
Mount Hokkaidō-Komagatake	1131	3711	AD 2000
Mount Shari	1547	5075	0.25 Ma BP
Mount Shiretoko	1254	4114	0.2 Ma BP
Mount Tarumae	1041	3416	AD 1981
Mount Tenchō	1046	3432	1.9 ka BP
Tokachidake Volcano Group	2077	6814	2004
Tokachi-Mitsumata Caldera	-	-	1 Ma BP
Tomuraushi-Chubetsu Volcano Group	2141	7024	0.1 Ma BP
Mount Unabetsu	1419	4656	0.5 Ma BP
Mount Usu	737	2418	AD 2000
Mount Yōtei	1898	6227	2.5 ka BP

Honshū

Name	Elevation (m)	Elevation (ft)	Last eruption
Abu Volcano Group	-	-	Mt. Kasayama (ja): 8.8 ka BP
Mount Adatara	1718	5635	AD 1900
Mount Akagi	1828	5997	AD 1251?
Mount Akandana	2109	6919	10–6.5 ka
Mount Akita-Komagatake	1637	5371	AD 1971
Mount Akita-Yakeyama	1366	4482	AD 1997
Mount Amagi	1406	4613	0.2 Ma BP
Aonoyama Volcano Group	-	-	70 ka BP
Mount Asakusa	1585	5200	1.6 Ma BP
Mount Asama	2544	8340	AD 2019
Mount Ashitaka	1504	4934	80 ka BP
Mount Azuma	1705	5594	AD 1977
Mount Azumaya	2354	7723	0.3 Ma BP
Mount Bandai	1819	5968	AD 1888
Mount Chōkai	2237	7326	AD 1974
Mount Daisen	1729	5673	17 ka BP
Mount Daruma	982	3222	0.5 Ma BP
Eboshi Volcano Group	2227	7306	0.3 Ma BP
Mount Fuji	3776	12388	AD 1707
Mount Futamata (ja)	1548	5079	90 ka BP
Mount Gassan	1984	6509	0.3 Ma BP
Mount Hachimantai	1614	5295	7.3 ka BP
Hakkōda Caldera	-	-	0.4 Ma BP BP
Mount Hakkōda	1585	5200	600-400 BP
Mount Hakone	1438	4720	AD 2015
Mount Haku	2702	8865	AD 1659
Mount Haruna	1449	4754	AD 525-550
Hijiori Caldera	516	1693	12 ka BP
Mount Hiuchigatake	2356	7730	AD 1544
Mount Hotaka (ja)	2158	7080	1 Ma BP
Mount Ibuki	1377	4518	Over 10 million years ago
Ikarigaseki Caldera	-	-	1.3 Ma BP
Mount Iiji	1112	3648	0.2 Ma BP
Mount Iizuna	1917	6289	0.15 Ma BP
Mount Iwaki	1625	5331	AD 1863
Izu-Tōbu Volcano Group	1406	4613	Teishi Knoll (ja): 1989
Mount Iwate	2041	6696	AD 1919
Kannabe Volcano Group	-	-	Mt.Kannabe: 20-10 ka BP
Mount Kanpū	355	1165	10 ka BP
Mount Kirigamine	1925	6316	0.75 Ma BP
Mount Komochi	1296	4252	0.2 Ma BP
Mount Kurohime	2053	6736	50 ka BP
Kurofuji Volcano Group	1642	5387	0.5 Ma BP
Mount Kurikoma	1628	5341	AD 1944
Mount Kusatsu-Shirane	2160	7123	AD 2018
Mount Onoko	1208	3963	1.2 Ma BP
Mount Madarao	1382	4534	0.5 Ma BP
Mount Minakami	659	2162	0.3 Ma BP
Megata	291	955	20-29 ka BP
Mount Moriyoshi	1454	4770	0.5 Ma BP
Mukaimachi Caldera	-	-	0.6 Ma BP
Mount Mutsu-Hiuchi	781	2562	0.5 Ma BP
Mount Myōkō	2446	8025	3 ka BP
Mount Naeba	2145	7037	0.2 Ma BP
Mount Nanashigure	1063	3488	0.9 Ma BP
Mount Nantai	2484	8148	7 ka BP
Naruko Caldera	462	1542	AD 837
Mount Nasu	1917	6283	Mt. Chausu (ja): AD 1963
Mount Nekoma	1404	4606	0.8 Ma BP
Mount Niigata-Yakeyama	2400	7874	AD 2016
Mount Nikkō-Shirane	2578	8458	AD 1890
Nodai Caldera	-	-	1.9 Ma BP
Mount Nyohō	2483	8146	80 ka BP
Mount Norikura	3026	9928	2 ka BP
Numazawa (volcano)	1100	3609	5.4 ka BP
Oki-Dōgo	151	495	0.42 Ma BP
Okiura Caldera	-	-	1.5 Ma BP
Mount Omanago	2376	7795	0.47 Ma
Mount Ontake	3063	10049	AD 2020
Onikobe Caldera	-	-	0.2 Ma BP
Mount Osore	879	2884	20 ka BP or 1787
Mount Sanbe	1126	3694	1.4-1.3 ka BP
Mount Shiga	2041	6696	10 ka BP
Mount Sukai	2144	7034	0.9 Ma BP
Mount Takahara	1795	5889	6.5 ka BP
Mount Takara	350	1148	0.3 Ma BP
Mount Takayashiro	1351	4432	0.2 Ma BP
Midagahara (A.K.A. Tateyama)	-	-	AD 1836 (AD 1949?)
Tazawako Caldera	-	-	1.4 Ma BP
Towada Caldera	1159	3802	AD 915
Washiba-Kumontaira	2924	9593	4000 BC
Mount Yake	2455	8054	AD 1963
Mount Yakeishi	1548	5079	0.2 Ma BP
Kita-Yatsugatake (Northern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group)	-	-	Mt.Yokodake: 0.9-0.7 ka BP
Minami-Yatsugatake (Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group)	-	-	0.1 Ma BP
Mount Tateshina (Part of　Northern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group)	2530	8300
Mount Zaō	1841	6040	AD 1940

Izu Islands

The Izu Islands are a group of islands south of Japan, and they have many volcanoes. Some of these volcanoes are still active today, meaning they can erupt again in the future.

Name	Elevation (m)	Elevation (ft)	Last eruption
Aogashima	423	1388	AD 1785
Bayonnaise Rocks	11	36	AD 1970
Hachijōjima	854	2802	AD 1605
Izu-Ōshima	758	2507	Mt. Mihara: AD 1990
Kōzushima	574	1877	AD 838
Kurose	-110	-361	Caldera: older than 20 ka BP
Mikurajima	851	2792	6.3 ka BP
Miyakejima	813	2674	AD 2013
Myōjinshō (A.K.A. Myojin Reef)	-50	-164	AD 1970
Niijima	432	1417	Mt. Mukaiyama: 887
Sofugan (A.K.A. Lot's Wife)	99	325	(Discolored water: AD 1975)
Sumisujima (A.K.A. Smith Rocks)	136	446	AD 1916
Toshima	508	1667	9.1-4.0 ka BP
Torishima (A.K.A. Izu-Torishima)	394	1293	AD 2002

Ogasawara Archipelago

The Ogasawara Archipelago includes the Bonin Islands and Volcano Islands.

Name	Elevation (m)	Elevation (ft)	Last eruption
Nishinoshima	142	466	AD 2017
Fukutoku-Okanoba	-25	-82	AD 2021
Funka Asane	-20	-67	AD 1945
Kita-Iōjima (North Iwo Jima)	792	2598	0.14 Ma BP
Iōjima (Iwo Jima)	161	528	AD 2015
Kaitoku Seamount	-103	-338	AD 1984
Kaikata Seamount	-165	-541	(Submarine hydrothermal activity: AD 1988)
Kita-Fukutokutai	-55	-180	AD 1988?
Minami-Hiyoshi Seamount	-30	-98	AD 1976
Nikkō Seamount	-612	-2008	(Discolored water: AD 1979)
Mokuyō Seamount	-920	-3018	(Submarine hydrothermal activity: AD 1990)
Suiyo Seamount	-1418	-4652	(Submarine hydrothermal activity: AD 1991)

Kyūshū

Name	Elevation (m)	Elevation (ft)	Last eruption
Aira Caldera	-	-	2017
Ata Caldera	-	-	0.11 Ma BP
Wakamiko Caldera	-	-	19 ka BP
Mount Aso (A.K.A. Aso Caldera)	1592	5223	AD 2021
Fukue Volcano Group	315	1033	unknown volcano: 2.4 ka BP
Mount Futago (ja)	720	2362	1.1 Ma BP
Ibusuki Volcanic Field	922	3025	30 ka BP
Ikeda (Part of Ibusuki Volcanic Field)	256	840	Mt. Nabeshima 4.9 ka BP
Imuta	509	1670	0.35 Ma BP
Mount Kaimon	922	3025	AD 885
Kakuto Caldera	-	-	0.35-0.30 Ma BP
Mount Kinbō (Kinpō)	665	2182	0.2 Ma BP
Mount Kirishima	1700	5577	Mt. Shinmoedake: AD 2018
Kobayashi Caldera	-	-	0.4 Ma BP
Mount Kujū	1791	5876	AD 1996
Sakurajima	1117	3665	AD 2022
Ojikajima Volcano Group	111	364	0.3 Ma BP
Lake Sumiyoshi	-	-	8.2 ka BP
Yonemaru	-	-	8.1-8 ka BP
Mount Takasaki	628	2060	0.5 Ma BP
Mount Tara	1076	3530	0.4 Ma BP
Mount Tsurumi and Mount Garan	1584	5197	AD 867
Mount Unzen	1500	4921	AD 1996
Mount Yufu	1583	5194	2.0-1.9 ka BP

Ryūkyū Islands

Name	Elevation (m)	Elevation (ft)	Last eruption
Akusekijima	586	1923	Late Pleistocene
Gajajima	497	1631	0.2 Ma BP
Kogajajima	301	988	30-20 ka BP
Submarine Volcano NNE of Iriomotejima	-	-	AD 1924
Iōtorishima	212	696	AD 1968
Kikai Caldera	704	2310	Satsuma-Iōjima: AD 2013
Kuchinoshima	628	2060	0.84-0.78 ka BP
Kuchinoerabujima	649	2129	AD 2020
Nakanoshima	979	3212	Mt. Otake: AD 1914
Suwanosejima	799	2621	AD 2021
Yokoatejima	495	1624	younger than 10 ka BP