Mount Omuro 大室山 is an extinct volcano near the eastern coast of the Izu Peninsula. It is shaped like an inverted rice bowl and has a beautiful silhouette that can be seen from most places in the Izu Kogen area. Mount Omuro is about 580 meters high and has a crater with a diameter of about 300 meters.
Visitors must take a chair lift up the mountain in order to walk around the crater. The top of the mountain offers 360 degree panoramic views that include Mount Fuji and Oshima Island when visibility is good. More ambitious visitors can also try their hand at archery in the crater as well as paragilding down the side of the mountain.
Izu-Tobu 伊豆東部火山群 is a large, basaltic range of volcanoes on the east side of the Izu Peninsula. Ito is known for its hot springs.
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