The Explosion of Fukushima’s Mt Bandai
The year was 1888. On a pleasant summer day in Japan, the early-morning tranquility of rural Fukushima Prefecture was suddenly interrupted by an earth-shattering explosion. Mt. Bandai, “the Mount Fuji of the North” had erupted so fiercely that it remade the local landscape.
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.
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Cataclysm: The 1888 Eruption of Fukushima’s Mount Bandai
