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*''Japanese'': 桜島 ''(Sakurajima)''

*''Japanese'': 桜島 ''(Sakurajima)''

Sakurajima is an active volcano which sits in the middle of Kinko Bay, between [[Kagoshima]] City and the [[Osumi province|Ôsumi peninsula]].

Sakurajima is an active volcano which sits in the middle of Kinko Bay, between [[Kagoshima]] City (about 4 km west of the volcano) and the [[Osumi province|Ôsumi peninsula]].

It erupted on [[1779]]/9/1, and again in 1914, and has been in a near-constant state of ongoing eruption since roughly 1950, spewing smoke and ash, though only rarely seeing notable lava flows. In fact, the mountain is home to a sizable community, and is regularly visited by tourists. Though historically an island (J: ''-jima''), Sakurajima became connected to the [[Kyushu]] mainland as a result of the extensive lava flows of the 1914 eruption.

 

It erupted on [[1779]]/9/1, in a major eruption which resulted in many deaths, and in the creation of a number of new islets in the bay. Word of the event traveled quickly, and is noted in records from widely across Japan.<ref>''Nakamura ke nikki III - Fukuyama shi jûyô bunkazai'' 中村家日記（三）－福山市重要文化財, Fukuyama Castle Museum Tomo-no-kai (2009), 264n1.</ref>

 

Sakurajima notably erupted again in 1914, and has been in a near-constant state of ongoing eruption since roughly 1950, spewing smoke and ash, though only rarely seeing notable lava flows. In fact, the mountain is home to a sizable community of some 5,000 people, and it is regularly visited by tourists. Though historically an island (J: ''-jima''), Sakurajima became connected to the [[Kyushu]] mainland as a result of the extensive lava flows of the 1914 eruption.

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