Sakurajima (Japanese: 桜島, literally “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] It is the most active volcano in Japan.[4]
The volcanic activity still continues, dropping volcanic ash on the surroundings, which continues as of September, 2020. Earlier eruptions built the white sand highlands in the region. The most recent eruption started on November 12, 2019. On September 13, 2016 a team of experts from Bristol University and the Sakurajima Volcano Research Centre in Japan suggested that the volcano could have a major eruption …
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