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Otake

Otake may refer to:

  • Otake Dainichi Nyorai, divine being in Japanese Buddhism
  • Ōtake, Hiroshima, a city in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
  • Otake (Nakanoshima), a volcano on Nakanoshima in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
  • Ōtake stable, a professional sumo stable
Otake (Nakanoshima)

is a stratovolcano in the Tokara Islands of Japan. It is the largest mountain on Nakanoshima, which is part of the village of Toshima in Kagoshima District of Kagoshima Prefecture. Being the largest mountain on a small island, it is also referred to as Nakanoshima. It is also called "Tokara Fuji" from its shape.

The mountain is an andesitic volcano. The volcano had a minor mud eruption in January 1914. In October 1949 the summit crater produced an ash cloud. The rock of the mountain is non-alkali mafic rock produced in the last 18,000 years.

Sulphur mining took place on the southeast flank until 1944. During the rainy season, the summit crater fills with water.

The volcano last erupted in 2007

Usage examples of "otake".

What would life be like when they were no longer members of the Otake household, when American soldiers occupied the nation?

August 1945, all the Otake household were gathered with their cases and packages on the train platform.

After sharing in her bereavement and arranging for her welfare, the General stopped over in the village to visit the Otakes and to bring Nicholai a present of two boxes of books selected from confiscated libraries, and given with the injunction that the boy must not allow his gift of languages to atrophy.