Land of the Rising Sun

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Land of the Rising Sun

Literally the land of the rising sun. But with some beauty.

For those who are interested in history of Mount Unzen…

  • Mount Unzen is several overlapping stratovolcanoes still active to this day
  • In 1792, a megatsunami caused by a volcanic eruption from Mount Unzen struck Kumamoto killing 1,500 people
  • The megatsunami from 1792 is called 島原大変肥後迷惑 which literally translates to “Shimabara’s Major Inconvenience to Higo (Now Kumamoto)”
  • In 1991 a pyroclastic flow occurred killing 43 people (3 were scientists) and caused many injuries. It lasted until 1995 and destroyed 2,000 homes.

This video shows the effect of the 1991 event

  • The tallest point in Mount Unzen (Also the tallest point in Nagasaki) is 平成新山 which means “Heisei’s New Mountain” (Heisei was Japan’s era from 1989 to 2019)

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I apologize that I’ve posted this thing before, but got confused with rather it was Mount Unzen or not which is now confirmed to be 100% Mount Unzen

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Very interesting, I think you should totally keep making these!

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Nice post! The picture was great!

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🎶How about sunrise land?🎶

Very nice photo! Love exploring Japan from time to time

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Oh god… the legend Bill Wurtz

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