Daisetsu Volcano, Hokkaido, Japan.

The volcano has not erupted since 1400AD from a vent on Asahi-dake.

That eruption was of magnitude 2 on the VEI scale.

The first day cover illustrated below has stamps illustrating Lake Shikaribetsu and Mt. Kurodake.

Issued September 1st 1963.


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