{"id":1821,"date":"2012-01-26T05:40:10","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T05:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=1821"},"modified":"2012-01-26T05:40:10","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T05:40:10","slug":"living-with-a-volcano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/living-with-a-volcano\/","title":{"rendered":"Living with a… Volcano?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It spit some ash into the air, and where it land I know not where.<\/p><\/div>\n

As indicated in my last entry, I live in \u9e7f\u5150\u5cf6(\u304b\u3054\u3057\u307e\/Kagoshima), which is very close to \u685c\u5cf6(\u3055\u304f\u3089\u3058\u307e\/Sakurajima), an active \u706b\u5c71(\u304b\u3056\u3093\/volcano). Actually, an active \u706b\u5c71 that is getting more and more active as the years go by. Unsurprisingly, this affects our day to day lives in many ways, but it’s all due to one factor: volcanic \u7070 (\u306f\u3044\/ash).<\/p>\n

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My poor car...<\/p><\/div>\n

\u7070 covers everything here. Wash your \u8eca (\u304f\u308b\u307e\/car) on a beautiful clear day, and soon after you will see a light coating of \u7070 on the hood, even though you see nothing in the air. Do it when the \u98a8 (\u304b\u305c\/wind) is blowing in the wrong direction, and soon you will see your \u8eca change from its natural colour to a dark gray.<\/p>\n

\u96e8\u304c\u964d\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\u300c\u3042\u3081\u304c\u3075\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\/ame ga futte imasu\u300d\u3002(“It is raining”, or more literally, “Rain is falling”)<\/p>\n

\u7070\u304c\u964d\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\u300c\u306f\u3044\u304c\u3075\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\/hai ga futte imasu\u300d\u3002(“Ash is falling”. Much like we use \u964d\u308b(\u3075\u308b\/Furu) to say rain is falling from the sky, we can also use it to say ash is falling from the sky).<\/p>\n

\u685c\u5cf6 is located about 10km directly \u6771 (\u3072\u304c\u3057\/east) of \u9e7f\u5150\u5cf6\u5e02 (\u304b\u3054\u3057\u307e\u3057\/Kagoshima city), on the other side of Kinko bay. When the wind blows from \u897f (\u306b\u3057\/west) to \u6771, the villages and towns \u6771 of the volcano get the most ash. When it blows from \u6771 to \u897f, \u9e7f\u5150\u5cf6\u5e02 gets coated. Since the \u98a8 is so important to our daily lives, we pay a little closer attention to the \u5929\u6c17\u4e88\u5831 (\u3066\u3093\u304d\u3088\u307b\u3046\/weather forecast) than most people. There is even a special \u706b\u5c71 forecast, showing an aerial view of the \u706b\u5c71, and two arrows. One showing the direction and speed of the ash expected at 9am, and another showing the same for 3pm.<\/p>\n

While most people still love living here, it is getting increasingly annoying as \u685c\u5cf6 has been getting more and more active. As of this writing, it has erupted(explosively) 158 times since \u4e00\u6708\u4e00\u65e5 (\u3044\u3061\u304c\u3064\u3064\u3044\u305f\u3061\/January 1st). Last year was record breaking for both the number of eruptions, and the volume of \u7070 that fell on the city. If this month is any indication, it’s not getting better . When the wind turns towards us in the spring, we might have to rethink how we go about our daily lives.<\/p>\n

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The wind is blowing east to west, so the ash fell directly on downtown Kagoshima.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

As indicated in my last entry, I live in \u9e7f\u5150\u5cf6(\u304b\u3054\u3057\u307e\/Kagoshima), which is very close to \u685c\u5cf6(\u3055\u304f\u3089\u3058\u307e\/Sakurajima), an active \u706b\u5c71(\u304b\u3056\u3093\/volcano). Actually, an active \u706b\u5c71 that is getting more and more active as the years go by. Unsurprisingly, this affects our day to day lives in many ways, but it’s all due to one factor: volcanic \u7070…<\/p>\n

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