Mount Kamui, also Kamuinupuri or Mount Mashū, a potentially active volcano, is a parasitic stratovolcano of the Mashū caldera located in the Akan National Park of Hokkaido, Japan. Mount Kamui rose on the rim of 6 km-wide Mashū caldera, about four thousand years ago, after the collapse of Mashū volcano. Its last eruption took place about 1000 years ago.
Elevation: 857 m (2,812 ft)
Location: Hokkaido, Japan
Listing: List of mountains and hills of Japan by height
English translation: mountain of the gods
Language of name: Ainu
Parent range: Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group
Topo map(s): Geographical Survey Institute 25000:1 摩周湖南部, 50000:1 摩周湖
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