Hot Magma: Active Volcanoes You Can Visit
| September 10, 2018
Sakurajima – Japan
There aren’t many volcanoes that are so active that they experience miniature eruptions multiple times a day – but Sakurajima does! This volcano, which is located in Kagoshima, Japan, receives many visitors annually, but no one is allowed to go within 1.25 miles of the central crater.
Even if you can’t get that close to the center, you can still see the steam and smoke furling out of the peak from miles away. Sakurajima used to be an island, but after an eruption in 1914, hardened lava connected the volcano to the mainland.
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