Kagoshima Prefecture

Sakurajima Volvano

Anonymous — Mon, 12 May 2014 06:04:15 +0000

Japan and the Ring of Fire

Yakushima, Japan

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 04:54:33 +0000

* * * A generation ago, a battle was successfully waged on this rugged island to preserve what was left of its primeval forests, home to giant trees millennia old. Now tourism spawned by this natural...

Surviving Sakurajima

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Jul 2001 20:04:57 +0000

I didn't get erupted upon while on Sakurajima Island. Maybe the volcano was taking a rest (it being a Sunday) or maybe it was because the earth goddess Tsukiyomi was in a benevolent mood that day.

First Impressions

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Feb 2003 04:59:47 +0000

As a Senior High School teacher in the southern Japanese prefecture of Kagoshima, I don't spend a lot of time around young children anymore. Sure, I catch fleeting glimpses of their surprised faces...