In the fourth year of Taisho, the Sakurajima volcano erupted, and a large amount of lava flowed in and filled the strait on the east side of Sakurajima, making Sakurajima, which was originally an isolated island, connected to the Osumi Peninsula since then.
However, the most important way to get from Kagoshima to Sakurajima is to take a ferry.
Because there are nearly 5,000 people living on the island so far, the ferries traveling between the bays run 24 hours a day - unless the volcano erupts.
After going around, Zong Gu and his party took a municipal bus to circle the city, and it was afternoon.
Get off at Dolphin Harbor and they are ready to take the ferry to Sakurajima.
“…”
The sea breeze blew, Zong Gu frowned, and several girls even covered their noses.
"It tastes so strong..." Akane Kirino said in a urn.
After arriving in Kagoshima City, you can vaguely smell some sulfur. At this time, when you arrive at the harbor facing Sakurajima Volcano, the smell becomes even stronger.
Looking at the huge smoke above the volcano, she let go of her hand a little, "Fortunately the volcanic ash did not float here."
Zong Gu shook his head, "I'll go to the island later."
"Ahhh...my hair."
The ferry was shipped every fifteen minutes, and several people waited at the port for a moment before boarding the boat.
Because the distance is very close and the voyage is only ten minutes long, I have to get off the boat after standing on the deck for a while.
Looking at the tall volcano, the first thing Akane Kirino said when he climbed the pier was that if the volcano erupted now, would they not be able to escape?
“…Don’t be a crow’s mouth.”
There is an ice cream vending machine in the dock hall, which has seventeen kinds of ice cream to choose from. Tsukido urged Akane Kirino to go over, so he bought an ice cream one by one.
Kyoko couldn't stand it, so she privately offered 20,000 yen to Lord Shen, asking him to buy whatever he wanted to eat and don't always coax the girl who was easy to cheat.
When we arrived at the platform outside the pier, several people were eating ice cream while waiting for the bus on the island.
In Kagoshima City, you can rent a mini jeep and take a ferry to the island, but unfortunately they don’t have a driver’s license.
The Tsukiku Shrine on Sakura Island is near the port, and you can see it when you get off the boat.
Because I had to pass this port when I came back, Soya and Kyoko decided to take Tsukiku to the shrine before leaving.
There was a layer of black and gray on the ground. Hongzi stepped on it with her feet and looked forward again. The black and gray on the ground stretched to a place where she could not see it.
“So much dust…”
Zong Gu looked down and thrust with his feet, "After all, I have arrived at the foot of the volcano."
She was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized that the volcanic ash was on the soles of her feet.
"No wonder the leaves here look very dark in color."
Hongzi pinched a leaf in the bush next to her, twisted her fingers, and immediately drenched a layer of black gray.
"meaning……"
After a while, the bus around the island stopped on the side of the road and several people got on the bus together.
The bus will pass through the attractions of Lava Nagisa Park, the museum, the visitor center and the Yunohei Outlook, and finally return to the vicinity of the pier, while the nearest Lava Nagisa Park is just a few hundred meters away.
"Do you want to go down and have a look?"
"Okay, it's okay to walk around the island anyway."
I walked around the park by the sea, and there was a soup canal in the middle that was said to be 100 meters long, which was connected to the sea.
Zong Gu sat down by the canal and tried the water temperature. The slightly turbid spring water was a little hot and exuded a faint smell of sulfur.
No one planned to have enough soak up. After a walk around, they left the park and walked around the island along the beach road.
Akane Kirino looked at the volcano in the middle, "Even if you go to the island, it still feels very far away."
"It's also dangerous to be too close." Soya said.
Because volcanic activities are extremely active, the Sakura Island area is not fully open. As ordinary tourists, they can only go deeper into the Tomochi Prestige, which is more than 300 meters high.
"I want to see a volcano erupt."
"I don't want to."
Akane Kirino turned her head and looked at him, "I mean the small-scale outbreak that comes once a day."
"It's already broken out today," said Soya, "I heard others say this on the ferry coming... although the frequency is not fixed."
"Okay. Then I want to go and have a look near Beiyue."
The huge Sakurajima volcano is actually formed by the combination of three volcanoes, Kitaki, Nakaki and Nanyue.
Twenty-six thousand years ago, Sakura Island was born in a huge undersea volcano eruption, until five thousand years ago, the Beiyue continued to be active. After the Beiyue fell into silence, the Nanyue began to erupt until today.
"Go to Tangzhiping Exposure House first."
I continued walking and took another round-island bus halfway, which shortened the time a lot.
Arrived at the Tomiping Exposure House, the bus did not leave.
When passing through several prospects on the island, the bus will stay between a few minutes to more than ten minutes for tourists to get off the bus to visit and take photos.
The weather was clear and the volcanic ash floated to the other side. You can clearly see the steep mountains not far away from the observation deck. After many years of silence, the peaks were still bare, and the bottom was covered with green.
The crater hidden on the other side continued to spit smoke into the sky, making people want to get closer to find out.
Chaowuling quietly told Zonggu that Emperor Jue had taken her here to watch a volcanic eruption up close.
“Which year?”
"The fourth year of Taisho."
“…That’s a coincidence.”
There are not many scenery here, looking at the mountains and clouds, and the few people got on the bus around the island immediately when they were about to leave.
"Where are you going next?" Soya looked back at Akane Kirino in the back seat.
She thought for a while, "Showa Crater."
......
Sometimes I took a bus or sometimes walked. Soya and others walked around Sakura Island for most of the time, and went to several places in the Outlook Center, and finally arrived at the Arimura coast in the southeast.
Rent a shovel at the nearby tourist center and they came to the beach by the sea.
Because it is covered with volcanic ash all year round, the beach is black and the surface is covered with countless stones of large and small sizes.
Using hands and feet together, cleared a small open space between a pile of rocks. Akane Kirito held the shovel tightly and began to dig a hole.
After walking along the coastline for a while, when Soya and Kyoko came back, she was already digging a third pit.
"Have you dug it yet?"
"Um……"
Akane Kirino stopped, wiped the sweat from her head, a little annoyed, "It's obvious that it's easy to dig out the hot springs on this beach."
It was because she could dig out the hot springs by herself that she came here specially before leaving Sakurajima.
"I'll try it."
Zong Gu took the shovel, walked towards the beach, cleared the stones and began to dig.
As soon as shovels followed, the pit became wider and deeper, and a ball of yellow mud suddenly surged from the bottom.
"Golden Hot Spring!" Akane Kirino shouted in surprise.
“…it’s just muddy.”
Zong Gu reached out to try it. The water temperature was quite high, and it was indeed a hot spring.
"Dig a little bigger!"
"Um."
As they widened and deepened, Zong Gu kept shoveling and dug out a small foot soup that was enough to accommodate them all.
Akane Kirino and Kyoko picked up some flat stones and spread them to the puddle as seats.
After taking off his shoes, he sat down around the "Golden Hot Spring". Zonggu settled first and sank into the turbid spring water.
Although it is a little turbid, it does not affect the feeling of soaking. The scorching spring water wraps around your feet and calves, making people exhausted.
Next to it is the sea, you can wash your feet in just a few steps.
"Awesome, this is a unique experience on Volcano Island."
"What are you proud of? I dug it."
"Hmph~"
Akane Kirino sat down opposite him, immersed her feet in the hot spring, touched his back, and then put them on quite naturally.
“…”
"Don't move around."
In addition to Yuedu, the other three also sat down one after another and relaxed in the foot soup.
The sea breeze blew, the tide faded, and the twilight appeared in the sky.
“—I’m going back tomorrow.”
Akane Kirino stretched her waist and subconsciously lay back, but Kyoko quickly grabbed her eyes and hands.
"Ah, I almost forgot to be on the beach...Thank you, senior."
"You are welcome."
Zong Gu lowered his eyes and looked at the spring water that was not at the center of his calf, and he didn't know who he would belong to when he stepped on his feet.
"I have been to all the places I should go, so I should be satisfied."
"Well... it's true."
Akane Kirino stood up, walked towards the sea with barefoot, and looked back and smiled.