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 ...

8 for the first time in 30 years since the massive eruption of Mount Unzen’s Fugendake, which killed 43 people. A local landscape contractor dug two taxis and one vehicle out of the ashes from ...

The legends of Unzen Onsen passed down through the ages paint a chilling picture. In this mountain resort town, stories of demons, white snakes rising from the mist and Buddhist monks using the ...