A smaller andesitic stratovolcano, Asahi-dake.
Asahi-dake collapsed about 30-40,000 years ago
producing the massive Ofuji-san debris-avalanche deposit,
which blankets a broad area SE of the volcano.
Asahi is the 10 yen value illustrated on the sheet below.
It was issued October 18th, 1952
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