Asama

American  

[uh-sah-muh, ah-sah-mah] / əˈsɑ mə, ɑˈsɑ mɑ /

noun

1. Mount Asama, a volcano in central Honshu, northwest of Tokyo: one of the largest active volcanoes in Japan. 8,340 feet (2,542 meters).

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Etymology

Origin of Asama

First recorded in 1875–80; from Japanese

Example Sentences

Close an afternoon of skiing with an onsen soak at Karuizawa Asama Prince Hotel at the bottom of the ski hill—a day pass starts at $26 and includes one meal before or after your session.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

Among the seven individuals is Kunio Bando, 75, who was arrested following the Asama Sanso siege.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2022

One of the first successful campaigns was Mount Asama in Japan, where researchers found a buried lava mound sitting atop a Swiss cheese-like magmatic passageway.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2021

“From July the second, a great fire on Mt. Asama raining ash,” he reads, tracing the page with his finger.

From Reuters • Dec. 6, 2019

The volcano, Asama Jama, in the district of Saku, between the meridians of the two capitals, Miaco and Jeddo, was last in eruption in 1783.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von