Video: The Explosion of Mt. Bandai

The explosion of Mt. Bandai
The video version of our essay on the explosion of Mt. Bandai in Fukushima during the Meiji Era - and how Japan responded.

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In 1888, “the Mount Fuji of the North” erupted so fiercely that it remade the local landscape. The incredible story of how Meiji Japan suffered – and recovered – from the worst volcanic disaster in modern Japanese history.

Please enjoy the latest video from Unseen Japan’s YouTube channel, written and narrated by Noah Oskow. If you enjoy this, make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel to get all of our latest video content!

You can also read the text version of Noah’s original article here:

Cataclysm: The 1888 Eruption of Fukushima’s Mount Bandai

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