# Mount Moriyoshi

- **Country:** Japan
- **Coordinates:** 39.974000, 140.547000
- **Type:** Stratovolcano
- **Listing:** Volcanoes in Japan
- **Location:** Akita Prefecture
- **Elevation Ft:** 4770
- **Last Eruption:** Pleistocene

Mount Moriyoshi is an inactive volcano in Kitaakita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. The stratovolcano is basaltic-to-dacitic in composition. Its last eruptive activity is thought to be 1.1 million to 700 thousand years ago. The volcano appeared in the List of 100 Floral Mountains. The volcano contains about 300 species of alpine flora which has made it a tourist attraction. Moriyosizan.JPG|Mount Moriyoshi from the Hibakura Junction Snow monsters in Mount Moriyoshi 20250215j.jpg|Snow monsters

![Photo of Mount Moriyoshi](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Views_of_Mount_Moriyoshi_from_Tsuzureko%2C_Kitaakita.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Moriyoshi (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)