Sakurajima is one of the world’s most active volcanoes, with small scale eruptions happening thousands of times a year. On occasion, the volcano will spew a huge column of ash thousands of metres into the air, causing the 600,000 residents of Kagoshima City to do little more than move their laundry inside and hopefully put the car in the garage. Locals are so used to the volcano that they don’t even bother looking up for small eruptions.
To find out more about Sakurajima this time we spoke to our friend Shiba Hikari, an illustrator and Co-ordinator for International Relations at the Sakurajima Kinko-wan Geopark. Find out how Hikari travelled to the UK to study art and design, how she started her career as an illustrator, and how she now works with other Geoparks globally on conservation, education, and sustainable development.
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Sakurajima Kinko-wan Geopark
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People of Kagoshima
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7 Comments
I love Sakurajima and I'm fascinated by its history and geology. Thanks for featuring it and to Shiba Hikari for sharing!
Her art is so beautiful!! I'd love to visit Sakurajima someday!
Really interesting episode today. The paintings were amazing. The accent of the artist is so nice. I would love to visit Japan one day and Kagoshima. It is all because of these videos you have been uploading, thank you
And here goes another jewel from “People of Kagoshima”! Thank you❤️
Kagoshima is one of my top favorite cities in Japan.
What a wonderful artist! And Kagoshima is somewhere I hope to visit in the near future.
What a very skilled young lady with a very important job. Good to get the Sakurajima voice out there, congrats to everyone involved.