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Junior high schoolers from disaster-hit areas hold summit

KOBE, Japan - Two students (far R) of Yotsukura junior high school from Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, talks about the degree of recovery from the 2011 earthquake that hit northeastern Japan during a "summit of junior high school students in disaster-stricken areas" in Kobe, western Japan, on Aug. 19, 2014. The gathering was joined by 13 schools from six prefectures, including Nagasaki where pyroclastic flows from Mt. Unzen killed scores of people in 1991.

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Koyo to enter binary cycle generation business

UNZEN, Japan - Koyo Electronic Co. President Yoshihiro Yamamoto (R) speaks at a press conference in Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture, on June 24, 2014. The company announced its decision to enter the binary cycle power generation business using facilities in the southwestern Japanese city.

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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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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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Fisheries minister visits Isahaya Bay

UNZEN, Japan - Fisheries minister Hirotaka Akamatsu (C,L) visits the site of a controversial reclamation project at Isahaya Bay in Nagasaki Prefecture, western Japan, on April 15, 2010. There is local opposition to a government plan to open gates on a dike that prevents seawater from mixing with freshwater in the bay.

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Crown prince attends tree planting festival in Nagasaki

UNZEN, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (R) cuts a branch of a cypress tree planted by Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko in 1990 at Hyakkadai forest park in Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Oct. 4, 2009. The prince later attended this year's national tree planting ceremony at prefectural Hyakkadai park.

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Japanese hot-spring area makes 'happi' coats for Obama family

NAGASAKI, Japan - The proprietress of a Japanese-style inn Yumiko Kusano (2nd from L) and three members of a tourism association in the Obama hot-spring area of Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture, pose Jan. 14 wearing and showing blue ''happi'' coats. They specially made them for U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, his wife Michelle and their two daughters to celebrate his upcoming inauguration. Kusano is secretary general of the group ''Change Obama no kai (Change Obama association)'' which consists of proprietresses and other local people. The group tailored the Japanese coats, with ''President Obama'' written on one of the collars and ''Nagasaki, Obama Hot Spring'' on the other in white for the couple, getting their measurements via the Internet.

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Obama hot-spring residents celebrate Obama's victory in election

NAGASAKI, Japan - Residents and tourists at the Obama hot-spring area in the city of Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture, celebrate after Illinois Sen. Barack Obama won the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 4.

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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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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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China's Li visits volcanic eruption-hit area in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - China's senior Communist Party leader Li Ruihuan (fourth from left, wearing glasses) visits a memorial park which shows houses and facilities damaged by a 1991 volcanic eruption of Mt. Fugen in Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Dec. 16. Li, ranked fourth in the Chinese Communist Party, was winding up his nine-day tour of Japan with the visit to the foot of Mt. Fugen.

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Mudslide in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 15, 2021, shows the site of a mudslide triggered by torrential rain in the Nagasaki Prefecture city of Unzen in southwestern Japan.

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Mudslide in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 15, 2021, shows the site of a mudslide triggered by torrential rain in the Nagasaki Prefecture city of Unzen in southwestern Japan.

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Mudslide in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 15, 2021, shows the site of a mudslide triggered by torrential rain in the Nagasaki Prefecture city of Unzen in southwestern Japan.

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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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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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Obama hot-spring residents celebrate Obama's victory in election

NAGASAKI, Japan - Residents and tourists at the Obama hot-spring area in the city of Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture, celebrate after Illinois Sen. Barack Obama won the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 4. (Kyodo)

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Japanese hot-spring area makes 'happi' coats for Obama family

NAGASAKI, Japan - The proprietress of a Japanese-style inn Yumiko Kusano (2nd from L) and three members of a tourism association in the Obama hot-spring area of Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture, pose Jan. 14 wearing and showing blue ''happi'' coats. They specially made them for U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, his wife Michelle and their two daughters to celebrate his upcoming inauguration. Kusano is secretary general of the group ''Change Obama no kai (Change Obama association)'' which consists of proprietresses and other local people. The group tailored the Japanese coats, with ''President Obama'' written on one of the collars and ''Nagasaki, Obama Hot Spring'' on the other in white for the couple, getting their measurements via the Internet. (Kyodo)

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Crown prince attends tree planting festival in Nagasaki

UNZEN, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (R) cuts a branch of a cypress tree planted by Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko in 1990 at Hyakkadai forest park in Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Oct. 4, 2009. The prince later attended this year's national tree planting ceremony at prefectural Hyakkadai park. (Kyodo)

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The Unzen Little Hell

The Unzen Little Hell==Date:Middle Meiji (1883-1897), Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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The Unzen Little Hell

The Unzen Little Hell==Date:Middle Meiji (1883-1897), Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Obama

Obama Spa around 1887. Travellers caught the boat at Mogi, got off at Obama, then proceeded to the resort town of Unzen. Obama is situated at the entrance to Unzen. It has been known as a spa town since ancient times. The spa inns were built on the narrow strip of coastal property.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number58‐22‐2]

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The Mogi Road

The road leading to Mogi from Nagasaki. In the Meiji Era, there were many hotels for summer guests here and a boat commuted from here to Obama and Unzen, so many travelers used Mogi Kaido. The watermill on the way was famous, and many picture cards and old photos remain.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number31‐22‐0]

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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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Fisheries minister visits Isahaya Bay

UNZEN, Japan - Fisheries minister Hirotaka Akamatsu (C,L) visits the site of a controversial reclamation project at Isahaya Bay in Nagasaki Prefecture, western Japan, on April 15, 2010. There is local opposition to a government plan to open gates on a dike that prevents seawater from mixing with freshwater in the bay. (Kyodo)

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Koyo to enter binary cycle generation business

UNZEN, Japan - Koyo Electronic Co. President Yoshihiro Yamamoto (R) speaks at a press conference in Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture, on June 24, 2014. The company announced its decision to enter the binary cycle power generation business using facilities in the southwestern Japanese city. (Kyodo)

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MOGI

The town and coastline of Mogi is seen in the mid-Meiji Period. The pier built for the steamers to Unzen in 1901 at the edge of the cape is not apparent yet. Visible half-way along the cape is the Nagasaki Mogi Hotel, a resort for foreign visitors. It is said that crew members of war vessels harboured in the Nagasaki used to march from Nagasaki to Mogi and stay in this hotel. The sandy beach is used to dry fishing nets.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number109‐37‐0]

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Road to Mogi

Mogi prospered as a resort for foreigners and a stopover on the way to Unzen and Kumamoto. As a result, the Mogi highway was refurbished in 1885 as a modern road for rickshaws and luggage carts. This photograph taken around 1895 shows the area on the way to Tagami Pass. The terraced farms covering the slope of Mt. Atago were a feature of Nagasaki, which had little flat land for farming.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number107‐12‐0]

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The Unzen Hells

Taken around 1887, this hand-tinted photograph depicts steam vents at Unzen. The areas where hot steam spurted from the ground were called jigoku (hell) because they reminded people of hell.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number101‐6‐0]

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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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Volcanic disaster at Mt. Unzen in Japan

File photo taken June 3, 1991, in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, shows a massive pyroclastic flow spewing from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak. The volcanic disaster killed 43 people.

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The Unzen Little Hell

The Unzen Little Hell==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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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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