Mt. Shinmoe on the southwestern Japanese island of Kyushu erupted Sunday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The 1,421-meter volcano straddling Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures erupted around 4:37 p.m. and spewed smoke as high as 500 meters, the agency said.
The agency kept the volcanic alert for the mountain at level 2 on a scale of 5, continuing to urge people to stay away from the crater.
Mt. Shinmoe last erupted in June 2018.
File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Shinmoe, a volcano straddling Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, on March 30, 2025. (Kyodo)
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