As the company name suggests, the line runs along the south part of Mount Aso caldera.
The caldera, one of the largest in the world, contains the city of Aso as well as Aso Takamori-cho and South Aso-mura.
Fujii was born into a peasant family in the wilderness of the Aso caldera.
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The torrential rain of the rainy season, amounting to more than 1,000 mm on Aso and Hikosan mountains, produced the great flood to many rivers such as Chikugo River and the toll of more than 1,000 people dead and missing.