Growing interest in ash scattering

Growing interest in ash scattering

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken July 2, 2013, shows a memorial stand in the town of Ama, Shimane Prefecture, overlooking Kazura Island, an uninhabited islet used exclusively for ash scattering.

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