Sakurajima is an active stratovolcano, formerly an island and now a peninsula, in Kagoshima Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan. The lava flows of the 1914 eruption connected it with the Ōsumi Peninsula. It is the most active volcano in Japan.
View of Sakurajima from mainland Kagoshima, 2009
A torii in Kurokami-Cho, Kagoshima is half-buried by ash and stones caused by the 1914 eruption.
An image taken from the International Space Station showing Sakurajima and its surroundings on January 10, 2013
Sakura-jima eruption as seen on August 18, 2013
Kagoshima Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands. Kagoshima Prefecture has a population of 1,564,175 and has a geographic area of 9,187 km2. Kagoshima Prefecture borders Kumamoto Prefecture to the north and Miyazaki Prefecture to the northeast.
Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture and the active volcano Sakurajima
Jōmon Sugi in Yaku Island
Mangrove native forest in Amami Island
A crane observation centre in Izumi crane migration grounds