The eruption occurred!

by Kazu

This lookout on the rim of the crater of Mt. Usu is higher than that on the Lake Toya side. "Funkawan"which means "Eruption Gulf", can be seen from there. The surface of the gulf was shining with the reflection of sunshine.

The costline of Oshima Peninsula could be seen over the shining ocean on the south. The eruption of Mt. Usu occerred in July of 1910, August of 1977 and March of 2000.  I was not in Japan when the latest eruption occurred.   

I was remembering the eruption in 1977. The larger part of Mt. Usu was blow away with the eruption and the current crater was made there. I was 11 years old then.