若き日の 記憶に残る 浅間山頂

　倉賀野町の私の家から撮った夕暮れ時の浅間山です。最近は、噴煙が見られませんが、例年、これから冬の季節になると山頂の火口から噴煙が棚引くと想います。

　２０代の私は標高２５６８ｍの山頂へ、覚えている限り、３回登頂してるので巨大な火口と、誠に長く連なった日本アルプスの遠望、そして関東平野の広がりが今でも鮮明に印象に残ってます。

　火口の直径は２００mほどです。恐る恐る見る火口の底は渦巻のようであり、火口の崖はおよそ１００mの垂直で、滑り落ちたら命はありません。崖の途中からも噴煙が出てました。倉賀野町からの距離はおよそ５０㎞です。

Dear my facebook friends overseas and staying in Japan

 This photo shows the active volcano Mt. Asama at dusk taken by me from my house in Kuragano-town. I haven't seen any eruption lately, but I think that the smoke of eruption will be trailed from the crater at the summit every year in the winter season.

 As far as I can remember, I have climbed the summit of Mt Asama of 2568m above sea level three times, so it left a deep impression on my mind that the scenery of crater was huge beyond description, the distant view of the long-running peaks of the Japanese Alps was beautiful, and the Kanto plain was expansive.

 The diameter of the crater is about 200m I guess. The bottom of the crater is like a swirl, and the cliff of the crater is about 100m vertical, therefore if we slide down, there is no life. Eruption came out from the middle of the cliff as well. The distance from Kuragano-town in Takasaki city is about 50 km.