Sakurajima
桜島English onlyA volcano rising from the bay
- WhereKagoshima, Kyushu & Okinawa
- On the ground2 photos when you land
- Courses1 that pass here
- MapOpen in Google Maps ↗
From above
- The summit craters sit at the top, one of them steaming.
- Bare brown slopes spread from the summit, cut by deep gullies.
- Further out, green flanks are crossed by winding roads.
Your guide says
Around the foot of the great mountain, old lava flows spread out.
The great eruption of 1914 joined it to the Osumi Peninsula by land.
Fact source: Wikipedia · Last checked October 2026
On the ground
Tours and stays nearby
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