In 1792, volcanic activity at Mount Unzen destabilized an entire mountainside. When the slope collapsed into the sea, it displaced massive volumes of water. The resulting tsunami swept across the bay, ...
Kanichi Kanegae was the mayor of Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture while volcanic eruptions continued at nearby Fugendake, the main peak of Mount Unzen, in 1991. Readily recognizable for his long white ...
A man presses his hands together in prayer before a memorial cenotaph in the location that served as the media's "fixed point" when a pyroclastic flow hit the area, in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, ...
SHIMABARA, Nagasaki Prefecture--Locals gathered here on June 3 to commemorate the massive eruption of Mount Unzen’s Fugendake 30 years ago, which killed 43 people including firefighters and ...
It has been 30 years since the huge volcanic eruption of Mount Unzen's Fugen peak in southwest Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture. Forty-three people died or went missing in the disaster. Many were working ...
On June 3rd, 1993, after continuous volcanic activities, major pyroclastic flows occurred on Mr. Unzen Fugen in Nagasaki Prefecture. The pyroclastic flows took the lives of caused 43 people including ...
Unzen National Park was established in 1934 as one of Japan’s first national reserves. In 1956, the Amakusa region in Kumamoto Prefecture was added to form the Unzen-Amakusa National Park. Visitors ...
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