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Kagoshima Day 2

6/23/2023

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Cue the ominous music...
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"Sakurajima ("Cherry Blossom Island"), 4 km across the bay from Kagoshima, is an active stratovolcano, formerly an island and now a peninsula.  The lava flows of the 1914 eruption connected it with the Ōsumi Peninsula.  It is the most active volcano in Japan.  

On September 13, 2016, a team of experts from Bristol University and the Sakurajima Volcano Research Centre in Japan suggested that the volcano could have a major eruption within 30 years; since then two significant eruptions have occurred.  The summit has three peaks, Kita-dake (northern peak), Naka-dake (central peak) and Minami-dake (southern peak) which is active now.

Sakurajima has a population of a few thousand residents, formerly incorporated as Sakurajima town, with a number of schools, shrines, support services and shops on the island.  Sakurajima Ferry runs 24/7 to service the town."

We board a ferry for a 20 minute ride across the bay, and will see the sights by hiking and riding a bus.
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The peaks are shrouded in clouds once again.
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Tsukiyomi Shrine
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Volcano Cat, Lava Kitty, or the Ghost of Eruptions Past...
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This is as close as we'll get to the top, courtesy of the bus - yes, it's very active indeed.
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Nearby to the torii gate is a hardened shelter for refuge, should the next bad eruption get us now.
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Time to go home...
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We leave Sakurajima in our wake...
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It's happy hour for someone...
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Yes, it was happy hour at this izakaya, with lots of interesting and tasty plates.  Tim especially enjoyed the Black Port, so much so he ordered another.
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If this sucker is still going to erupt before we move on, we'll have a view of it from our hotel room, and some Shochu to toast to our good luck, or bad, depending on how we feel about rocks getting flung our way.
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As the volcano snores out some vapors, a hydrofoil whizzes by...
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Look at my jammies!
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1 Comment
Mary Wilson
7/24/2023 05:01:06 am

Have the hardened shelters been tested?

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