{"id":3903,"date":"2009-10-10T22:02:48","date_gmt":"2009-10-11T02:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/?p=3903"},"modified":"2009-10-10T22:02:48","modified_gmt":"2009-10-11T02:02:48","slug":"toyako-and-usuzan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/2009\/10\/10\/toyako-and-usuzan\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyako and Usuzan"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Sept 17) Toyako Onsen is located on the shore of Lake Toya, s beautiful caldera lake, at the foot of Mt Usu (Usuzan), one of Japan’s most active volcanoes.
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\n\"Toyako<\/p>\n

Last July’s G8 summit was held here, at a hotel whose isolated position on Mt Poromoi made it easy to keep out the riffraff.
\n\"G8Hotel\"<\/p>\n

Usuzan has erupted 9 times since 1633, and the eruptions seem, if anything, to be getting more frequent. The most recent were in 1910, 1943-45, 1977-78 and 2000. These eruptions gave enough warning to allow the town to be evacuated safely.<\/p>\n

The eruptions do not come from a single cone. Each one comes out at a different location, which no doubt makes things even more exciting.<\/p>\n

The 1910 eruption created the hot springs on which the town’s livelihood depends, so the people look on Usuzan with a certain fondness, no doubt mixed with trepidation. Signs refer to Usuzan as a “gentle mountain” which always gives warning. Personally I don’t think I’d want to live there.<\/p>\n

In the 2000 eruption a wall of hot mud engulfed part of the town. Two of the original buildings have been left standing as a memorial.
\n\"Toyako <\/p>\n

A profusion of plants grows in the mud that wrecked the public bath.
\n\"Toyako<\/p>\n

Looking through the window of the bath, we can see that it is still filled with the dried mud.
\n\"Toyako<\/p>\n

A highway bridge was swept down the mountain and deposited next to the bathhouse.
\n\"Toyako<\/p>\n

A piece of the bridge struck the corner of this apartment building.
\n\"Toyako<\/p>\n

New channels have been built in the hope of directing future mudslides away from the town.
\n\"Toyako<\/p>\n

The caretaker seems to have time on his hands.
\n\"Youkoso<\/p>\n

The rocks and plants spell out “youkoso touyako”<\/em> (Welcome to Toyako.)<\/p>\n

Somebody likes American cars.
\n\"American<\/p>\n

Steam rises from the Showashinzan, which appeared in a farmer’s wheatfield on December 31, 1943, and grew to 398 m over the next 2 years.
\n\"Showa<\/p>\n

The Usuzan Ropeway will carry you up the side of Mt Usu.
\n\"Usuzan<\/p>\n

The view from the top: Lake Toya and Showashinzan.
\n\"Lake<\/p>\n

\"Usuzan<\/p>\n

Ginnuma Daikakou, the largest crater on the mountain, was created in the 1977 eruption.
\n\"Ginnuma<\/p>\n

\"Ginnuma<\/p>\n

Monument to Masao Mimatsu, a local postmaster whose meticulous observations of the growth of Showashinzan were considered a great contribution to vulcanology.
\n\"Masao<\/p>\n

\"Mimatsu<\/p>\n

All posts from this trip.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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