Sakurajima Volvano


by Jan Polatschek, May 11, 2014 | Destinations: Japan / Kagoshima Prefecture
Sakurajima Volcano

Sakurajima Volcano

Sakurajima Volcano
Sakurajima Volcano
Sakurajima Volcano
Sakurajima Volcano

It's a lovely day for the ferry ride across the sparkling bay tothe island of Sakura.  ThereI join up with a Japanese group for a two-hour tour of the volcano Sakurajima.  ?? 

We make stops at the visitors' center, a shrine and a lookoutpoint.   Climbing the mountain is prohibited but we do get close to the smoke and ash.  Our eyes absorb a speck or two.

And when the wind blows the ash in the right direction, the folks in Kagoshima (pop 460,600) open their umbrellas.