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Sakurajima (Japanese: 桜島, lit. ' Cherry Blossom Island ' ) is an active stratovolcano , formerly an island and now a peninsula, in Kagoshima Prefecture in Kyushu , Japan. [ 2 ] The lava flows of the 1914 eruption connected it with the Ōsumi Peninsula . [ 3 ]
View of Sakurajima from mainland Kagoshima. The name "Kagoshima" came from Kagoshima Shrine situated in Hayato Town, Kirishima City.A number of theories exist as to the wider etymology of the name; in one, the name comes from a boat used by the mythical Hoori that was built in Kagoyama Mountain, with Hoori himself later enshrined on Kagoshima; in another, "kagoshima" comes from Sakurajima, a ...
Sakurajima (桜島町, Sakurajima-chō) is a settlement on Sakurajima island that was previously a municipally distinct town located in Kagoshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 4,504 and a density of 139.88 persons per km 2 .
A prime example is the Sakurajima eruption in 1914 (approximately 1.5 km 3 in volume), which caused the magma chamber to sink 60 cm. 58 people were killed in the eruption. [4] For this amount of magma to erupt, it would take approximately 130 years for the chamber to refill as according to Dr James Hickey and his co-authors.
Though such enormous eruptions are extremely infrequent, both volcanoes have remained active with much smaller eruptions in historic times, with Sakurajima in the bay and the Kirishima Mountains north of the bay forming active vents associated with the Aira volcano magma sources, and the smaller 4000-year-old Ikeda Caldera with Mount Kaimon at ...
Sakurajima was first published in September 1946 in the magazine Sunao (素直), [4] which was edited by poet and social activist Shin'ichi Eguchi. [5] The story was based on Umezaki's own experiences, who, like the main character Murakami, was stationed in Kyushu as a crypto specialist, [6] although Umezaki later emphasised that the first person narrator was as much an invention and fictional ...
Sakurajima Ferry, a ferry between Kagoshima Port and Sakurajima Port in the city of Kagoshima Sakurajima (novella) , a novella by Japanese writer Haruo Umezaki See also
Kyushu has the most active volcano in Japan, Sakurajima. Surrounded by mineral rich soil, giant vegetables are grown and people lie in the sand heated ground. Yakushima, the next island, has thousand-year-old cedar tree forests that have UNESCO world heritage status. This island is home to a sika deer and macaque population of 10,000 each.