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Day 4b --- Visits on Sakurajima (櫻島) |
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04-06-01 A map indicating a sea route and a land route for communication between Kagishima and Sakurajima (showing the island actually is connected to Kagoshima)(fom the website of "Tourist in Japan") |
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04-06-02 The ferry ship we took to move from Kagoshima to Skurajima |
04-06-03 Sakurajima seen from the ferry ship during cruising in the sea |
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04-06-04 A corner of the ferry ship loaded with cars |
04-06-05 Click the above thumbnail image to see a video showing the car loading space of the ferry ship |
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04-06-06 A view of the vocano seen on the way |
04-06-07 Another view |
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04-07-01 An exciting feeling to be so close to a vacano at Arimura Lava Observatory (有村熔岩展望所) |
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04-07-02 My wife Chih-Hua's nephew and her son |
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04-07-03 Chih-Hua's nephew's son |
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04-07-04 Chih-Hua |
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04-07-05 Approaching the observation platform |
04-07-06 A sign with the name of the vocano written in terms of "hiragana" ("平假名") of Japanese |
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04-07-07 A poem praising the vocano by Kaionji Chogoro 海音寺潮五郎: "Before me stands Sakurajima — the mountain that Saigo and Okubo also saw erupt in fire." |
04-07-07a Explanation of the poem at the left |
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04-07-08 Another poem by Hirano Kunio 平野國臣: “Compared with the burning longing in my heart, the smoke over Mt. Sakurajima looks faint indeed.” |
04-07-08a Explanation of the poem at the left |
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04-07-09 Climbing up to the observatory platform |
04-07-10 A close observation of the lava |
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04-07-11 A closer view of the crater |
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04-08-01 Starting the move from inside Sakurajima |
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04-08-02 Spot A along the way (牛根麓漁港) |
04-08-03 Spot B along the way (near 太崎觀音) |
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04-08-04 Spot C along the way (境漁港) |
04-08-05 Spot D along the way |
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04-08-06 Spot E along the way |
04-08-07 Spot F along the way |
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04-08-08 Spot G along the way (near the hotel next) |
04-08-09 The hotel "SHERATON GRANDE OCEAN RESORT" we stayed in |
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