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| name = Sakura-jimaSakurajima

| photo = File:ISS034-E-027139Sakurajima55.jpg

| photo_caption = SakurajimaView andof surroundingsSakurajima onfrom Januarymainland 10Kagoshima, 20132009

| location = [[Kagoshima Prefecture]], [[Japan]]

| label = Sakura-jimaSakurajima

{{nihongo|'''Sakurajima'''|桜島}} is an active [[composite volcano]] ([[stratovolcano]]) and a former [[island]] in [[Kagoshima Prefecture]] in [[KyūshūKyushu]], [[Japan]].<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). [http://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA814&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false "Sakurajima"] in ''Japan Encyclopedia,'' p. 814; see [[:File:Kagoshima 1914.jpg|photo, caption -- Kagoshima after Sakurashima eruption]], ''Illustrated London News.'' January 1914.</ref> The [[lava]] flows of the 1914 eruption caused the former island to be connected with the [[Osumi Peninsula]].<ref>{{cite journal |author = Davison C |title = The Sakura-Jima Eruption of January, 1914 |journal = Nature |volume = 98 |pages = 57–58 |date = 1916-09-21 |doi = 10.1038/098057b0 |bibcode = 1916Natur..98...57D }}</ref>

Sakura-jimaSakurajima's activity became more prominent in 1955, and the volcano has been erupting almost constantly ever since. Thousands of small explosions occur each year, throwing ash to heights of up to a few kilometers above the mountain. The Sakurajima Volcano Observatory was set up in 1960 to monitor these eruptions.<ref name="VOWO2"/>

Monitoring of the volcano and predictions of large eruptions are particularly important because of its location in a [[population density|densely populated]] area, with the city of Kagoshima's 680,000 residents just a few kilometers from the volcano. The city conducts regular evacuation drills, and a number of shelters have been built where people can take refuge from falling volcanic debris.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://standeyo.com/NEWS/06_Earth_Changes/060605.Sakurajima.html |title = Reuters report on Sakurajima explosion, June 5th 2006 |accessdate = 2007-08-06 |work = }}</ref>

In light of the dangers it presents to nearby populations, Sakura-jimaSakurajima was designated a [[Decade Volcano]] in 1991, identifying it as worthy of particular study as part of the [[United Nations]]' International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://hakone.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/unzen/sakura/sakura.html |title = Decade Volcano Sakurajima at the Earthquake Research Institute |accessdate = 2007-08-06 |work = }}</ref>

Sakura-jimaSakurajima is part of the [[Kirishima-Yaku National Park]], and its lava flows are a major tourist attraction. The area around Sakurajima contains several hot spring resorts. One of the main agricultural products of Sakura-jimaSakurajima is a huge basketball-sized white radish (''sakura-daikon'').<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.synapse.ne.jp/update/whatup/back/sakurajima-e.html |title = Touristic information on synapse.ne.jp |accessdate = 2007-08-06 |work = }}</ref>

On March 10, 2009, Sakura-jimaSakurajima erupted, sending debris up to {{convert|2|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}. An eruption had been expected following a series of smaller explosions over the weekend. It is not thought there was any damage caused by the latest eruption.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7934418.stm |title = Japan's Sakurajima volcano erupts |date = March 10, 2009 |accessdate = March 16, 2012 }}</ref>

In 2011 and 2012, Sakura-jimaSakurajima experienced several significant eruptions; volcanic activity continues into 2013.<ref>[http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/view_news/22500/Volcanic-activity-world-wide-16-November-2012-Ruapehu-Paluweh-Michael-Kilauea-Fuego-Santiaguito-Neva.html VolcanoDiscovery]</ref>

Photographer Martin Rietze captured a rare picture of lightning within the ash plume in January 2013 during a magma ejection, which was a NASA astronomy pic of the day in March 2013. <ref> [http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130311.html NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day]</ref>

* [[Tourism in Japan]]

* [[Decade volcanoes]]

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