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Shikotsu-Tōya NP., Hokkaido
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The dramatic characters 風不死 may look like “wind never dies,” but the name is traced to Ainu hup-us: “where fir trees grow.” It’s a landscape description, not a weather forecast.
Fuppushi is included in the active Tarumae volcanic system, though its latest known eruption was about 4,600–4,500 years ago. Geological research revealed its relatively recent past, leading to its 2011 active-volcano classification.
Fuppushi’s name celebrates its firs, but those trees have not had an easy history: a local account records that the 1954 Typhoon No. 15 badly damaged the mountain’s fir stands.
The trail’s plant life changes as you climb: firs give way to broadleaf trees, then flowers such as showy shirane-aoi appear higher up. The mountain’s forest name is only one part of its botanical story.
