Mount Mihara

Mount Mihara (三原山, Mihara-yama) is an active volcano on the Japanese island of Izu Oshima. It is featured in the 1965, 1984, and 1989 films Gamera the Giant Monster, The Return of Godzilla, and Godzilla vs. Biollante, respectively.

History

Atragon (1963)
Gamera the Giant Monster (1965)
The Return of Godzilla (1984)
Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) [mentioned]

Showa era

Gamera the Giant Monster

Mount Mihara briefly erupted, drawing Gamera to Izu Oshima.

While researching a way to stop Godzilla, Dr. Makoto Hayashida discovered that, like birds, Godzilla could sense and follow magnetic signals in the Earth's atmosphere, and could potentially be led away from a populated area and into a trap using a similar signal. Hayashida contacted his colleague, geologist Dr. Minami, and the two formulated a plan to lure Godzilla to the summit of Mt. Mihara and trigger a controlled eruption, trapping Godzilla in the volcano's crater. Minami and Hiroshi Okumura planted explosive charges all along Mt. Mihara, while Hayashida completed a transmitter that would produce magnetic signals to lure Godzilla. While Godzilla battled with the Super X in downtown Tokyo, Hayashida was airlifted to Oshima Island to prepare the device. Godzilla was lured away from Tokyo, and climbed Mt. Mihara. Once Godzilla reached the crater, he stopped and looked down. With Godzilla in position, the charges were detonated, and Mt. Mihara erupted, causing Godzilla to plummet into the volcano's crater, trapping him under rivers of molten lava.

Godzilla vs. Biollante

Five years after Godzilla was imprisoned in Mt. Mihara, the American genetics corporation/terrorist group Bio-Major planted explosives on Mt. Mihara and threatened to detonate them and release Godzilla if the Japanese government did not hand over their supply of G-Cells to Bio-Major. Dr. Kirishima and Colonel Goro Gondo met with Bio-Major agent John Lee and gave him the G-Cells, but the three were attacked by SSS9, a Saradian agent. SSS9 took the G-Cells and killed Lee, leaving the detonator still armed. Gondo and Kirishima attempted to disable the explosives, but ran out of time and Mt. Mihara erupted, unleashing Godzilla once again.

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

After Godzilla was ostensibly erased from history through the use of time travel, Miki Saegusa reported she could still feel him with her psychic powers, just as she had when he was inside Mt. Mihara.

Locations
Showa
Countries	Japan (Hiroshima • Nagasaki • Tokyo (Shinagawa • Ginza) • Kobe • Osaka • Nagoya • Okinawa (Naha • Cape Manzamo) • Hokkaido (Nemuro) • Kyoto • Fukuoka) • China (Beijing) • Philippines (Manila) • Egypt (Cairo) • New Guinea • Marshall Islands • United States (New York City • Alaska • Texas) • United Kingdom (London) • France (Paris) • Italy (Venice) • Germany • Russia (Moscow) • Rolisica (New Kirk City) • Mu • Selgina • Seatopia • Kingdom of Khitan • North Korea • South Korea
Geographic points	Mount Aso • Mount Fuji • Izu Oshima • Aokigahara • Pacific Ocean (Bikini Atoll • Odo Island • Iwato Island • Kamiko Island • Faro Island • Infant Island • Sergio Island • Letchi Island • Sollgel Island • Monster Island • Mondo Island • Ogasawara Islands (Unnamed island • Monsterland) • Wester Island • Japan Trench • Tokyo Bay • Osaka Bay • Sagami Bay • Suruga Bay) • Arctic Ocean
Planets and continents	Earth (Asia • Europe • America • Antarctica) • Mysteroid • Planet R • Planet Paira • Venus • Mars • Jupiter • Planet X • Moon • Gorath • Terra • Planet Fire God • Dark Gaseous Nebula of the Orion • M Space Hunter Nebula • Planet Peaceland • Planet Garoga • Planet Bulgar • Planet Green • Black Hole Planet 3 • Rosetta
Miscellaneous	National Diet Building • SEIKO HOUSE GINZA • Tokyo Tower • Osaka Castle • Saikai Bridge • Haneda Airport • Golden Gate Bridge • Statue of Liberty • Atami Castle • Nagoya TV Tower • Nagoya Castle • Wakato Bridge • Kurobe Dam • UNSC Moon Base • Arc de Triomphe • Godzilla Tower • Underground Cave • Atlantis
Heisei
Countries	Japan (Tokyo • Osaka • Hokkaido (Sapporo) • Fukuoka • Nagoya • Yokohama (Minato Mirai 21) • Kyoto • Kobe • Kagoshima • Beppu • Kumamoto • Okinawa • Omaezaki • Sendai • Ashikaga • Shima) • China (Hong Kong) • Philippines • Marshall Islands • Russia • Saradia • North Korea • South Korea • Egypt
Geographic points	Izu Oshima • Mount Mihara • Mount Fuji • Mount Aso • Aokigahara • Lake Ashi • Pacific Ocean (Tokyo Bay • Bikini Atoll • Lagos Island • Bering Sea • Sea of Okhotsk • Infant Island • Adonoa Island • Baas Island • Himegami Island • Kowloon Bay • Suruga Bay • Godzilland • Godzilla Island • Matango Island • Bungo Channel • Yakushima • Nilai-Kanai pyramid) • Arctic Ocean
Planets and continents	Earth (Asia) • Mars • Jupiter • Monster Planet • Planet Torendeiru
Miscellaneous	Ihama Nuclear Power Plant • National Diet Building • SEIKO HOUSE GINZA • Fukuoka Tower • Sapporo TV Tower • Nagoya Castle • Nagoya TV Tower • Yokohama Landmark Tower • Yokohama Bay Bridge • Cosmo Clock 21 • Tokyo Tower • Kai Tak Airport • Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line • Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building • Tokyo Telecom Center • Ikata Nuclear Power Plant • Haneda Airport • Ariake Coliseum • Underworld • Atlantis
Millennium
Countries	Japan (Tokyo • Okinawa • Tokai • Manazuru • Hokkaido (Nemuro) • Osaka • Yaizu • Yokohama • Tateyama) • United States (New York City • Arizona) • France (Paris) • Australia (Sydney) • New Guinea (Papua New Guinea) • China (Shanghai) • Canada
Geographic points	Pacific Ocean (Tokyo Bay • Kiganjima • Infant Island • Ogasawara Islands (Magonoté • Himago Island) • Japan Trench) • Atlantic Ocean (English Channel) • Mount Myoko • Lake Ikeda • Mount Fuji • Aokigahara • Area G
Planets and continents	Earth (Asia • Europe • America • Oceania • Australia • Antarctica) • Gorath • Planet Fire God
Miscellaneous	National Diet Building • Tokyo Tower • Tokai Nuclear Power Plant • Yokohama Landmark Tower • Yokohama Bay Bridge • Empire State Building • Statue of Liberty • Sydney Opera House • Eiffel Tower
Reiwa
Countries	Japan (Tokyo (Kamata • Shinagawa • Ginza • Shinjuku) • Kamakura • Mechagodzilla City • Nigashio) • United Kingdom (London) • France (Paris) • Germany • United States • India • Marshall Islands
Geographic points	Tama River • Mount Fuji • Tanzawa Pass • Pacific Ocean (Odo Island • Tokyo Bay • Sagami Bay • Bikini Atoll • Ogasawara Islands • Bōsō Peninsula) • Atlantic Ocean (English Channel)
Planets and continents	Earth (Asia • Europe • America) • Kepler-452b • Tau Ceti e • Moon
Miscellaneous	National Diet Building • Tokyo Tower • Tokyo Station • SEIKO HOUSE GINZA • Aratrum • Oratio • Union Compound India • Shinjuku Toho Building (Godzilla Head)
American films
Countries	United States (New York City • Hawaii • Nevada • San Francisco • Boston • Hoboken • Washington, D.C. • Pensacola • Alaska) • France (French Polynesia • Montagnac) • Marshall Islands • Jamaica • Philippines • Japan (Janjira • Tokyo) • Vietnam • Mexico (Isla de Mara) • Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) • Germany (Munich) • Russia (Moscow) • United Kingdom (London • Gibraltar) • Spain (Cadiz) • Italy (Rome) • Barbados • Norway (Kvitøya) • Sudan (Jebel Barkal) • Peru (Machu Pichu) • Egypt (Cairo) • China (Hong Kong) • Panama • South Korea • Chile (Santa Soledad)
Geographic points	Pacific Ocean (Bikini Atoll • Skull Island • Tasman Sea) • Arctic Ocean • Yunnan Rainforest • Mount Fuji • Infant Island • Victoria Peak
Planets and continents	Earth (America • Europe • Asia • Oceania • Antarctica)
Miscellaneous	Empire State Building • Statue of Liberty • World Trade Center • Chernobyl exclusion zone • Madison Square Garden • Brooklyn Bridge • Honolulu International Airport • Golden Gate Bridge • Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository • Alcatraz Island • Fenway Park • Apex Cybernetics • Hollow Earth (Axis Mundi) • Colosseum • Great Pyramid • Christ the Redeemer
Printed media
Countries	United States (San Francisco • San Diego • Los Angeles • New York City • Texas • Washington, D.C. • Seattle • Las Vegas • Alaska • Chicago) • Japan (Tokyo) • Germany • Brazil (São Paulo) • Egypt (Cairo) • France (Paris) • Greece • Italy (Pompeii • Rome) • Ghana (Accra) • India (Mumbai) • Turkey (Istanbul) • North Korea • South Korea (Seoul) • Russia (Moscow) • Mexico • Vietnam • Jamaica • Peru • Canada (Vancouver)
Geographic points	Mount Vesuvius • Pacific Ocean (Monster Island • Monster Islands • Infant Island • Moansta Island • Satan Atoll • Ogasawara Islands • Bering Sea)
Planets and continents	Earth (America • Asia • Europe • Antarctica)
Miscellaneous	Alaskan Pipeline • Golden Gate Bridge • Grand Canyon • Eiffel Tower • Christ the Redeemer • Hell • Multiverse • Deadzone

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