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RECAP: Fireball Illuminates Nights Sky Across Western Japan

A fireball was spotted across western Japan on Tuesday night, August 19, briefly illuminating the sky and surprising residents. Authorities said observation equipment also recorded air vibrations shortly after 11 p.m., when the light was seen.

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Japan: Huge Fireball – Possible Meteorite Lit Up Night Skies 4

A fireball was spotted across western Japan on Tuesday night, August 19, streaming down the night sky and possibly representing a meteorite. Authorities said that observation equipment also recorded air vibrations shortly after 11 PM, when the light was spotted.

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Mt. Unzen disaster victims commemorated

SHIMABARA, Japan - Children offer prayers for the victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak at Mt. Unzen Disaster Memorial Hall in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, on June 3, 2014, the 23rd anniversary of the disaster.

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Memorial for victims of eruption from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak

SHIMABARA, Japan - People light candles on June 3, 2014, at Mt. Unzen Disaster Memorial Hall in Shimabara to pray for the victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak in Nagasaki Prefecture on the same day in 1991.

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23rd anniv. of Mt. Unzen disaster

SHIMABARA, Japan - Family members of media workers killed in the Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak pyroclastic flow disaster in Nagasaki Prefecture in 1991 pray in Shimabara on June 3, 2014.

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Confab calls for geoparks to be utilized for disaster awareness

NAGASAKI, Japan - The 5th International UNESCO Conference on Geoparks in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, holds a closing ceremony on May 15, 2012. Scientists and environmental conservationists affirmed the importance of drawing lessons from natural disasters and climate change by utilizing parks with geological features as they wrapped up the four-day conference.

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UNESCO conference on parks with geological heritage

SHIMABARA, Japan - The 5th International UNESCO Conference on Geoparks begins in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, on May 12, 2012. Scientists and environmental conservationists from around 30 countries will discuss measures to protect and make use of geological features and scenic areas in various parts of the world.

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20th anniv. of Fugen Peak eruption

SHIMABARA, Japan - Girls watch lighted candles during an event to commemorate the victims of a pyroclastic flow from Fugen Peak on Mt. Unzen in Nagasaki Prefecture on June 3, 2011, the 20th anniversary of the disaster that claimed the lives of 43 people. The mountain is seen in the background.

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20 years after fatal volcanic disaster

SHIMABARA, Japan - Shimabara Mayor Shuichiro Yokota (front L) offers flowers at a cenotaph during a ceremony in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, on June 3, 2011, to commemorate the 43 victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Fugen Peak of Mt. Unzen on the 20th anniversary of the disaster.

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Kyuma apologizes, retracts A-bombing comments

SHIMABARA, Japan - Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma offers his apology over his controversial remarks on the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan at a press conference in his constituency in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, on July 1. He effectively retracted his comments made the previous day amid a barrage of criticism from some officials of Japan's ruling camp as well as A-bomb victims and opposition parties. ''I am sorry that my remarks gave an impression that A-bomb victims were made light of,'' Kyuma said.

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Kyuma apologizes, retracts A-bombing comments

SHIMABARA, Japan - Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma offers his apology over his controversial remarks on the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan at a press conference in his constituency in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, on July 1. He effectively retracted his comments made the previous day amid a barrage of criticism from some officials of Japan's ruling camp as well as A-bomb victims and opposition parties. ''I am sorry that my remarks gave an impression that A-bomb victims were made light of,'' Kyuma said.

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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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City marks 15th anniversary of Mt. Unzen eruption

SHIMABARA, Japan - People offer their silent prayer on June 3 as the city of Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture marked the 15th anniversary of the 1991 eruption of Mt. Unzen that took 43 lives.

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Scientists begin drilling Mt. Unzen volcano for magma

SHIMABARA, Japan - Researchers gather Feb. 13 at a tower that has been set up near the lava dome of Fugen, the main peak of Mt. Unzen in Nagasaki Prefecture. Japanese and foreign researchers began the world's first volcano-drilling experiment on the day to extract magma samples in an effort to clarify the mechanism of volcanic eruption.

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Shakuhachi player Shimabara dies at 100

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken in March 1982 shows Hanzan Shimabara, a revered shakuhachi (bamboo flute) player, who died of pneumonia Dec. 16 at a Hiroshima hospital, aged 100. Shimabara, whose real name was Shigezo Shimabara, was from the city of Hiroshima and designated a ''living national treasure'' in 1982.

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City marks 10th anniversary of Mt. Unzen eruption

SHIMABARA, Japan - Participants in a ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary of the 1991 eruption of Mt. Unzen pray for 43 victims of the eruption in front of the altar set up in a hall in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, on June 3. At the start of the 10 a.m. ceremony, Mayor Teijiro Yoshioka and 350 others prayed for one minute in silence to commemorate the disaster.

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Memorial service for victims in 1991 Mt. Unzen eruption

SHIMABARA, Japan - Teijiro Yoshioka (R), mayor of Shimabara at the foot of Mt. Unzen in Nagasaki Prefecture, on June 3 prays for the souls of the 43 people killed in a deadly pyroclastic flow belched from the 1,359-meter volcano on June 3, 1991.

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Shakuhachi player Shimabara dies at 100

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken in March 1982 shows Hanzan Shimabara, a revered shakuhachi (bamboo flute) player, who died of pneumonia Dec. 16 at a Hiroshima hospital, aged 100. Shimabara, whose real name was Shigezo Shimabara, was from the city of Hiroshima and designated a ''living national treasure'' in 1982.

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Kyuma apologizes, retracts A-bombing comments

SHIMABARA, Japan - Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma offers his apology over his controversial remarks on the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan at a press conference in his constituency in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, on July 1. He effectively retracted his comments made the previous day amid a barrage of criticism from some officials of Japan's ruling camp as well as A-bomb victims and opposition parties. ''I am sorry that my remarks gave an impression that A-bomb victims were made light of,'' Kyuma said. (Kyodo)

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Kyuma apologizes, retracts A-bombing comments

SHIMABARA, Japan - Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma offers his apology over his controversial remarks on the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan at a press conference in his constituency in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, on July 1. He effectively retracted his comments made the previous day amid a barrage of criticism from some officials of Japan's ruling camp as well as A-bomb victims and opposition parties. ''I am sorry that my remarks gave an impression that A-bomb victims were made light of,'' Kyuma said. (Kyodo)

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Shimabara city marks 25th anniv. of Fugen Peak disaster

A woman and her children look at candles in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2016, the 25th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak that claimed 43 lives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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25th anniv. of Fugen Peak disaster

Photo taken June 3, 2016, in the southwestern Japan city of Shimabara shows a commemoration ceremony for the 43 victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Fugen Peak of Mt. Unzen on the 25th anniversary of the disaster. The victims of the fast-moving current of superheated gas and rock included firefighters and reporters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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25th anniv. of Fugen Peak disaster

Photo taken June 3, 2016, in the southwestern Japan city of Shimabara shows a commemoration ceremony for the 43 victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Fugen Peak of Mt. Unzen on the 25th anniversary of the disaster. The victims of the fast-moving current of superheated gas and rock included firefighters and reporters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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25th anniv. of Fugen Peak disaster

Photo taken June 3, 2016, in the southwestern Japan city of Shimabara shows a commemoration ceremony for the 43 victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Fugen Peak of Mt. Unzen on the 25th anniversary of the disaster. The victims of the fast-moving current of superheated gas and rock included firefighters and reporters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shimabara city pay tribute to 1991 volcanic disaster victims

People offer flowers on June 3, 2018, at a cenotaph set up for firefighters killed in the volcanic disaster of 1991 in the southwestern Japanese city of Shimabara. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Japan's 'sharing economy' all the rage in 2016

Five Japanese municipalities -- the cities of Hamamatsu, Shimabara, Chiba, Taku and Yuzawa -- declare themselves to be sharing cities, with four mayors, a deputy mayor, sharing economy industry officials and a Cabinet Office official participating in a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Seeds of atomic-bombed camphor trees planted

SHIMABARA, Japan - Shiori Terada (2nd from R), 16, a second-year student at Nagasaki Prefectural Shimabara Senior High School, and her friends tell a picture-card story to nursery school children at Osanago-En in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, about two camphor trees that were hit by the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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City marks 15th anniversary of Mt. Unzen eruption

SHIMABARA, Japan - People offer their silent prayer on June 3 as the city of Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture marked the 15th anniversary of the 1991 eruption of Mt. Unzen that took 43 lives. (Kyodo)

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Confab calls for geoparks to be utilized for disaster awareness

NAGASAKI, Japan - The 5th International UNESCO Conference on Geoparks in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, holds a closing ceremony on May 15, 2012. Scientists and environmental conservationists affirmed the importance of drawing lessons from natural disasters and climate change by utilizing parks with geological features as they wrapped up the four-day conference. (Kyodo)

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Shintomi-za Theatre

In October 1872, the Morita-za Theatre moved from Asakusa Saruwaka-machi to Shintomi-cho, site of the former Shin (New) Shimabara pleasure quarter. The theatre was later renamed Shintomi-za. Unfortunately it burned down in 1876. The building in this photograph is the new theatre built in June 1878. A modern theatre without a yagura tower or hanging signboards, it had gas lighting inside for the first time in Japan. Taken in the second decade of the Meiji Period (1878-1888).==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐32‐0]

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A woman holding a pipe

A woman with a tobacco pipe and a girl are in a small room. The woman, who wears her hair in marumage style, might be a geisha. She wears a vertically striped kimono with a black collar and a sash tied in shimabara-musubi style. A flower vase and a tray with a sake set are lying near her knees. The girl touching the paper sliding window may be an apprentice geisha. She is wearing a vertically striped furisode kimono.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number49‐37‐0]

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Shimabara Daimon entrance

Shimabara Daimon entrance==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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The Shimabara-han Fief Second Residence

This location is the present day Tsunazaka slope at Mita 2-chome. The house on the right was the residence of the Matsudairas of the Hizen(present day Nagasaki Prefecture) Shimabara-han fief, the house on the right going up the slope was the residence of the Matsudairas of the Iyo(present day Ehime Prefecture) Matsuyama-han fief, and the one on the left was the second residence of the Matsudairas of Mutsu(present day Aomori and part of Iwate Prefectures). Right now there stands Keio University at the bottom of the slope and the Italian Embassy on top of the slope. The site of the residences of Satohara-han and Matsuyama-han belongs to the Mitsui Club in Tsuna-machi. The photo is presumed to have been taken in 1863(the 3rd year of Bunkyu).==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number36‐20‐0]

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20th anniv. of Fugen Peak eruption

SHIMABARA, Japan - Girls watch lighted candles during an event to commemorate the victims of a pyroclastic flow from Fugen Peak on Mt. Unzen in Nagasaki Prefecture on June 3, 2011, the 20th anniversary of the disaster that claimed the lives of 43 people. The mountain is seen in the background. (Kyodo)

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20 years after fatal volcanic disaster

SHIMABARA, Japan - Shimabara Mayor Shuichiro Yokota (front L) offers flowers at a cenotaph during a ceremony in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, on June 3, 2011, to commemorate the 43 victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Fugen Peak of Mt. Unzen on the 20th anniversary of the disaster. (Kyodo)

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UNESCO conference on parks with geological heritage

SHIMABARA, Japan - The 5th International UNESCO Conference on Geoparks begins in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, on May 12, 2012. Scientists and environmental conservationists from around 30 countries will discuss measures to protect and make use of geological features and scenic areas in various parts of the world. (Kyodo)

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Houses of Mogi

This is a view of Mogi from the upstream area of Wakana River. Wakana River had little water at low tide but filled naturally at high tide. The wooden Wakana Bridge is visible in the downstream area. Most of the rooftops have ceramic tiles, but a few in the foreground are thatched. Mogi is close to Nagasaki in the south, Shimabara in the east and Omura in the north. Administration over the port changed hands from the Church, to the shogunate government, Shimabara Clan and the Nagasaki Magistrate over the years. It was upgraded to a village in 1879 and annexed to Nagasaki City in 1962.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number109‐38‐0]

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Nagasaki Kiyomizudera Temple

This is a distant view of Kiyomizu Temple, said to have been founded by the priest Keijun who came to Nagasaki with a Buddhist statue in 1623. Historical documents state that the Kawarado (tiled temple building) in the centre, which was modeled after Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto with stone handrails surrounding it, was donated by Matsukura Shigemasa, lord of Shimabara Castle. The main temple building was added by Chinese resident He Gaocai in 1668. It is rather uncommon to use an arched doorway other than in the front hallway. Many people visit this temple to pray for the safe delivery of babies.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number109‐35‐0]

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The Shimabara-han Fief Second Residence

This location is the present day Tsunazaka slope at Mita 2-chome. The house on the right was the residence of the Matsudairas of the Hizen(present day Nagasaki Prefecture) Shimabara-han fief, the house on the right going up the slope was the residence of the Matsudairas of the Iyo(present day Ehime Prefecture) Matsuyama-han fief, and the one on the left was the second residence of the Matsudairas of Mutsu(present day Aomori and part of Iwate Prefectures). Right now there stands Keio University at the bottom of the slope and the Italian Embassy on top of the slope. The site of the residences of Satohara-han and Matsuyama-han belongs to the Mitsui Club in Tsuna-machi. The photo is presumed to have been taken in 1863(the 3rd year of Bunkyu).==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number104‐5‐0]

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30th anniversary of volcanic disaster in southwestern Japan

Firefighters offer flowers in Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2021, for 43 victims of a massive pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak that occurred the same day 30 years ago. The victims included firefighters, police officers and reporters.

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30th anniversary of volcanic disaster in southwestern Japan

People offer flowers in Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2021, for 43 victims of a massive pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak that occurred the same day 30 years ago.

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30th anniversary of volcanic disaster in southwestern Japan

A firefighter offers a flower in Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2021, for 43 victims of a massive pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak that occurred the same day 30 years ago. The victims included firefighters, police officers and reporters.

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30th anniversary of volcanic disaster in southwestern Japan

People pray during a memorial service in Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2021, for 43 victims of a massive pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak that occurred the same day 30 years ago.

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30th anniversary of volcanic disaster in southwestern Japan

People pray during a memorial service in Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2021, for 43 victims of a massive pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak that occurred the same day 30 years ago.

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The Shimabara-han Fief Second Residence

The Shimabara-han Fief Second Residence ==Date:1865, Place:Tokyo, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs from Shimabara Castle in the Nagasaki Prefecture city of Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on May 7, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs from Shimabara Castle in the Nagasaki Prefecture city of Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on May 7, 2021.

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29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

Bereaved family members pray in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2020, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 29th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

Bereaved family members pray in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2020, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 29th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo