Full-scale reclamation began after the establishment of the colonial plot in 1894. The following year, 1895, the Sanin migration company was settled at the northern foot, Soga farm was opened, 1898, Arishima farm was opened at the western foot, 1897, the former Sanuki Marugame feudal lord Takanori KYOGOKU opened a farm, and the southern foot was Sanuki, 1895. Begins with the settlement of Awa, Tosa, and Southern groups. The slope at the foot of the mountain becomes cultivated land up to the second station, but the limit of cultivated land is determined by the soil erosion due to the slope and the inflow of sediment from the erosional valley that extends radially from the mountaintop. Feared as “the devil's mountain,” he has repeatedly moved up and down. After World War II, it was judged that measures to grow privately owned forests beyond the limit of cultivated land would be effective, and a privately owned (Doyurin) forest direct control mountain restoration project including construction of low dams and diffusion dams that slow down debris flow was carried out in 1972. It has been advanced since the year.
An alpine plant zone near the top of Mt. Yotei. Is conical and has a wide base like Mt. Fuji, so it is called “Ezo Fuji”, the highest peak in Hokkaido, Japan. At the foot of the mountain is a wooded area such as Lalix kaempferi and Abies sachalinensis, and from the 7th station there is a Pinus pumila belt. There is a flower field near the crater with a circumference of 2 km. A scenic view of the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean from the top. This mountain was originally called Matenesiri (Meyama) in the Ainu language. The name of the Shiribetsu River that flows at the foot of the river is derived from the Ainu name Siri Pet (a river that descends along the mountain), but this is why Wajin named the area around this river (current branch office name) Shirihe. , Shiribeshi (Mt. Yotei), and it seems that the big mountain that stands out there was named Shiribeshiyama. I heard that this name was simplified and the reading changed, and it became Mt. Yotei before I knew it. Mt. Shiribets...