It is 400 metres wide, and its length is 600 m. It is one of the first cirques discovered in Japan by
geographer Naomasa Yamasaki (1870–1929), in 1905. It was named after Yamasaki in 1942. In 1945, it was assigned as
natural monument by national government as "Yamasaki Cirque of Tateyama". Geologist Saburo Fukai found three
moraines in the cirque. It is prohibited to go inside the cirque, but it can observed from Enmadai Platform in the north of
Mikurigaike Pond. ==See also==