Suwanosejima

Today we visited another active volcano. Japan has over 100 of them, more than just about every other country, and accounts for more than 10% of all active volcanoes in the world. Today we sailed around one, on our way south to see more of the Japanese island chain. Suwanosejima is one of the most active, and the island has been in a near continuous state of eruption since 1949. It emits a lot of ash, so the ground isn’t very stable, and landslides occur frequently. It was interesting seeing how verdant it was, and the amount of erosion.