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Our guide
Mount Bandai is an active stratovolcano north of Lake Inawashiro, within Bandai-Asahi National Park. Re-measured in October 2010, its main peak stands at 1,816.29 m. The name covers that peak and several others, among them Akahani (1,430 m) and Kushigamine (1,636 m), which were formed in the eruption of 1888. It was once called Iwahashi-yama, “a rock ladder to the sky”.
We have not checked trails, seasons or a route to the mountain, so plan the journey on the map and look for local information before you go.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- Mt. Bandaisan 0811 — Qwert1234 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- 磐梯山から裏磐梯を望む — Koda6029 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- 磐梯山から猪苗代湖を望む — Koda6029 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Tankei - Eruption of Mount Bandai — Tankei Inoue ( ja:井上探景 ) · Public domain · source · resized
- Nekoma volcano from Mount Bandai 2010.05.02 — ys-energy · Public domain · source · resized
- Mount Bandai in Autumn — Breakover , taken by me · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Mount Bandai2010.05.02 — ys-energy · Public domain · source · resized
- Bandaisan funka shinzu by Yamamoto Hōsui — Hōsui Yamamoto / Gōda Kiyoshi · Public domain · source · resized
- Mount Bandai (1390816630) — contri from Yonezawa-Shi, Yamagata, Japan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Mount Bandai (磐梯山, Bandai-san) is a stratovolcano located in Inawashiro-town, Bandai-town, and Kitashiobara village, in Yama-Gun, Fukushima prefecture. It is an active stratovolcano located to the north of Lake Inawashiro. Mount Bandai, including the Bandai heights, belongs to the Bandai-Asahi National Park. The altitude of the triangulation station "Bandai", installed in 1904, had been employed as the official altitude of Mount Bandai. However, after the station disappeared due to erosion, it was re-measured in October 2010 and now is 1,816.29 m (5,959.0 ft). The name "Mount Bandai" is used to refer to the main peak "Bandai", along with several other peaks including Akahani at 1,430 m (4,690 ft) and Kushigamine at 1,636 m (5,367 ft), created during the 1888 eruption of Mount Bandai. Mount Bandai was originally called "Iwahashi-yama" which means "a rock ladder to the sky".
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What to expect at this type of place: Mountain
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