City marks 15th anniversary of Mt. Unzen eruption

SHIMABARA, Japan - People who lost their kin when Mt. Unzen (seen in the background) errupte in 1991, visit a place that commands the volcano on June 3 as the city of Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture marked the 15th anniversary of the disaster that took 43 lives.

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