Mount Tateshina

Mount Tateshina (蓼科山) also Suwa Fuji is a complex volcano located on the border of the municipalities of Chino and Tateshina in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

It has an elevation of 2530 m. This mountain is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains.

Outline
Mount Tateshina is a typical complex volcano. About the origin of the name of this mountain, tate means water-pepper, and shina means steps or high places. So Tateshina is literally a high mountain of water-peppers. The other name of this mountain Suwa Fuji, literally, Mount Fuji of the Suwa region.

Mount Tateshina is an important part of Yatsugatake-Chūshin Kōgen Quasi-National Park.

Route
Routes to climb up Mount Tateshina are well-developed. The most popular route is to start from the Nanagome parking lot.