Akan, Hokkaido, Japan.
All historic eruptions have been from Me-Akan.
These have all been of short duration and weak (VEI = 1).
The stamps illustrated below were issued August 25th, 1969
to commemorate Akan National Park.
The first shows Iwo, Akan
The next shows O-Akan
The souvenir sheet below was issued July 15th, 1950
The 2 yen shows Lake Akan and O-Akandake
The 8 yen shows Lake Kutcharo
The 14 yen shows Akan-Fuji
The 24 yen shows Lake Mashu
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