The Arizona sentinel., 1894-02-10
VOLCANOES IN JAPAN.
Six Burning Peaks Among tAo
"Sacrol Mountains"
Tho People Arc Kept in Constant Ter
Tor for Fear of an Erap-
Iion-A Gigantic
Crater.

A recent cable message from Shang-
hal informs US that the Japanese vol
cano Vandalism is again active. This
is the mountain that was in Z fierce
state Of eruption in 1888, when nearly
ore-half Of the main peak split OF and
fell over upon villages, arabic land and
forests, burying hundreds Of hul1rn
beings, darlning up some streams and
changing the course of others, and SO
altering the entire appearance of the
country that even at this day, accord
ing to the New York World, the ghast-
ly effects of the cataclys-n arc still
horribly apparent. To add to the ter
rors of the immediate explosion vast
strcams of lava and volcanic mud
poured out over the land, carrying the
work of destruction far beyond the
limits Of the fallen mountain. Beyond
the range OF these, a.yain, huge aaSsc3
of rock were hurled by the force of the
explosion, carrying death and dcstruc-
ton to hanlets and villages over =
mile from the peak.
Bandal-san is one of the six volcc-
Gently in state of activity. The 9th
crs are Aca,nayama. Slilarc-San, Eric3
island (OshiIaa). Asosan and Roma ga
take. The FIRST two arc IN eastern ia
pan. in the geographical division known
us the Na';ascndo. and Lave hccn fro
qucntly visited 10y Foreigners. The
third is il the Pacific ocean. just south
of the enhance To Toxic bay, and its
cnoliy cap, at times suggesting ahcavy
fog bank. will bc distinctly rcrlcrl-
bercd By all who have been to or como
from Yokohama by steamer. This is
land is in plain SIGHT from the famous
tcasilc resort and historical place,
Kamakula. Its smoke is looked upon
as an earthquake harUmctCr. Il sort OF
vent for the hidden forces of natarc.
When the smoke Is visible tho people
feel that there is no great danger Of
earthquakes, but when tho smoke dis
appears they think that The pcnt NJ
steam must assert itself in some other
way. It is said That for some days
prior to the great earthquake of Oc-
tobcr. 1891. no :,InUlic at all was seen
over Eric3 island and tho fishermen
along shore wctc extremely nervous.
The -four tll volcano is in the uIu-inco
of IIiGo. southern island of kvuShiu.
1t is about eighty miles ,luc cast OF the
port Of Narasali, but being separated
by ShiIaabara Lay from the peninsula
on which that town IS situated. Is not
readily accessible. Still Il good many
foreigners. residents of Japan and
visitors FROM China principally, lave
visited il and it well rcpays all effort,
for it has the largest crater iii the
world. The fifth volcano is only 4 few
miles east of the port of lIa.lolatc. 1t
i D." "inrularlv beautiful mountain and
rs the road from ua1odatc to Volcano
bay past the lakes is Il good one many
people visit the mountain. The view
of it from the deck of snail steamer
which crosses Volcano bay is the most
beautiful of its kind III all Japan.
Vandalism is il the province Of Iva
shire. and Is about one hundred and
seventy five miles north OF TOXIC. It
is readily accessible, as the Eorthcrn
railway, row open, runs within = com
parativcly short distance OF it, and this
IL viz l-SJC ONCl WHICH s4Ji WHO hl%iJL lIC
faTncr5 al,rine8 of Mike pass. The i'll
tcrcS5 which was awakened il the
mountain il 1883 has made il one of tho
'Ghow" place; OF Japan, and tourists
often 20 there. ia 1888 the relief COM
mittccs and scientist who visited the
sccncc of destruction IS soon Is posi-
ble had considerable difficulty IL get
ting across country and had 10 ppt up
with mary hard#Inp3.
All 81 tlccc volcanoes arc included IL
The list of sacred mountains of Japan
and arc annually visited by large num-
bers Of PILGRIMS during the S,iElIlcr
months. Wherever orc travels at that
season hands of these interesting poo
pie are met. They wear white clothing
of 4 certain pattern, arc equipped with
mat on witch they sleep 1T night and
use a. q protection against the au:! or
rain during the day, and Il peculiar,
bowl-shapcd hat of hugh dnacnaions
Although peerless Tuji-HaIna il con-
sidcred thc most sacred of all the ia
nous mountains and is undoubtedly of
volca lic origin. it is not active. There
is one place on The west side where the
ground is Doticeably WARM. and indi-
cations Of seismic potcntialitics cr1 I.ot
wantinS.