I was so sleepy when I got up this morning.
I was slowly move to the balcony to water plants!
The eruption scenery astonished me! Oh my god!
Massive eruption clouds and falling ash are approaching to Kagoshima City!
It looks as the smoke is the 8-branched giant snake, which appears in the story of Japan’s Creation Story.
The snake is spreading its 8 heads to the sky.
The snake is about to throw up Kagoshima City!
Sudden Eruption
The volcano had been calm until yesterday.
Maybe the volcano has kept the smoke inside the body for a long time.
The appearance is just like my boss at my workplace. Mt.Sakurajima just lost his/her temper now!
Most Concern
I quickly checked the weather forecast and found that the wind direction is from east to west.
Mt.Sakurajima is located at the east of Kagoshima City, so the eruption smoke will definitely come to the city.
The amount of falling ash is enormous. If only I could put fallen ash in a can an put is on market. Do you think anybody will buy it as a souvenir or Kagoshima Prefecture?
History of Big Eruption of Mt.Sakurajima
The volcano has made 3 big eruption in history. Let’s take a brief look.
・Bunmei Eruption in 1471
The number of the dead is not clear. You can feel the magnitudes of the eruption if you visit huge lava fields at north and south of Mt.Sakurajima. At that time in Japan, many feudal lords were fighting against each other. I think the eruption surprised fighting soldiers so much and they put off their weapons and run away from Sakurajima.
・Anei Eruption in 1779
The eruption killed as many as 150 people. The eruption was so big that volcanic ash reached Nagasaki City and Tokyo. How powerful the volcano is!
・Taisho Eruption in 1914
The eruption killed 60 people. Lots of lava flowed out of crater and connected volcanic island with Osumi Peninsula. Since them the Sakurajima has not been the ISLAND any longer. However, people still call Mt.Sakurajima as an Island (Sakurajima’s “jima” literally means “island” in Japanese)
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