Aso volcano

Aso volcano

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February 15th 2013

Published: February 15th 2013

It has been my dream to look into the crater of an active volcano and now it has come true. A tip how to get to Aso volcano from Kumamoto: We took a bus from Kumamoto bus station, it takes about 2 hours to get to the cable car at the foot of the volcano. I've seen information on the internet that you can go there by train - that's not convenient. The train doesn't go directly to that ... Read Full Entry

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Yuka

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Hi :) It's a few years already since I left the country where I was born - never to return there. In this blog I want to share my travel experience, my thoughts and impressions. And I want to tell you how much my ideas about the world got changed. When you travel you see that in different countries people live very differently, and with time you are no longer stuck to the stereotypes of only one nation, you can choose your own life style taking the best from all others. My big interest is psychology, so I'll write not only about places but also about people who live t... full info

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there are actually a few craters connected with each other but only one of them is now active

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looking at such landscape it's easy to imagine how lava was flowing here

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this area seems restrickted but everyone goes there, even the Japanese

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another cable way on the other side of volcano

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the final point of the track - a site right above the crater. Next photos are what you can see from there

on our way back

19th March 2013

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

HOW LUCKY ARE YOU?
"It has been my dream to look into the crater of an active volcano and now it has come true"...couldn't agree more...scary but stunning!

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