Keith Tsuji

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Sakurajima

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Many emergency shelters are built near Sakurajima in case of eruption.

A trench is built for debris-flow.

Heavy ashes are seen covered in many area on Sakurajima.

A warning street sign is seen on Sakurajima.

People gather ashes in a bag an...f the road for being picked up.

People gather ashes in a bag and put them on the side of the road for being picked up.

Local workers prepare an emergency helmet and backpack kit.

Emergency helmets and backpack ...e stored inside a fire station.

Emergency helmets and backpack kits are stored inside a fire station.

Heavy ashes are seen covered in many area on Sakurajima.

A Shrine gate buried under the ... by the great eruption in 1914.

A Shrine gate buried under the volcanic ash by the great eruption in 1914.

A general view of Sakurajima.

People take ferry to Sakurajima.

A general view of Sakurajima.

People face Sakurajima and do exercise in the morning.

A man visits a local park with ...ion of Sakurajima in Kagoshima.

A man visits a local park with information of Sakurajima in Kagoshima.

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Sakurajima

Copyright Keith Tsuji 2024

Updated Jul 2022

Topics Documentary, Journalism, Photography

The latest eruption of Sakurajima remains me an old assignment that I did in 2016. On July 26, 2016 an explosive eruption spewing volcanic ashes 5,000 meters into the sky and reaching out almost 10 km to Kagoshima city with a population of 606,000. Kagoshima residents lead their daily lives as this volcanic mountain exploded 47 times that year, and had been on an alert level of "3" since February in 2016 which closed off the entire mountain.
Sakurajima is one of the most active volcanoes in Japan. The large eruption in 1914 emitted enough lava to close the strait between the Sakurajima volcanic island in Kagoshima Bay and the Osumi Peninsula on Kyushu, the country’s southwestern main island.

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