Okinawa starts removing pumice stones

Okinawa starts removing pumice stones

Photo taken from a drone shows work under way at a port in Kunigami in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 29, 2021, to remove a massive amount of pumice stones that drifted ashore following an underwater volcanic eruption earlier this year. The stones are disrupting fishing and tourism operations.

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