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Kasshiasahidake volcano (Ban and Takaoka, 1995) Yamamoto, 1999

• Type locality: north wall of Mount Kashi-Asahidake, Shimogo city, Minamiaizu county, Fukushima prefecture
• Volcanic rocks
• middle Pleistocene (0.54 - 0.42 Ma, K-Ar)

• Lithofacies: Basalt lava (Aa lava), Volcanic breccia, Tuff breccia, Scoria lapillistone, Volcanic ash

• Source: east of Mount Asahidake summit
• Thickness: ca. 600 m
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Tonohetsuri Formation, Kasshi Volcanic Rocks)

• Distribution: Mount Asahidake, Nishigo city, Nishishirakawa county, Fukushima pref.; Mount Kannonyama - Mount Ashikura, Shimogo city, Minamiaizu county, Fukushima pref.

• Yamamoto (1999) Geology of the Tajima District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 85p. (in Japanese with English abstract 8p.)