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 ...

She was only a year old in 1991 when the massive volcanic eruption from Mount Unzen’s Fugendake peak killed her father, Makio, 31, a cameraman for Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK). She is his only ...

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 ...