{{One of Japan’s most active volcanoes, Sakurajima, has erupted in the southwest of the country and coated a nearby city with a layer of ash.}}<\/p>\n
Massive ash falls made the area look as if was snowing at night and railway operators stopped service in Kagoshima temporarily so ash could be removed from the tracks.<\/p>\n
Ash wafted as high as 5km above Sakurajima in Kagoshima on Sunday afternoon, forming the highest plume since the Japan Meteorological Agency started keeping records in 2006.<\/p>\n
Lava flowed about 1km from the fissure, with several huge volcanic rocks rolling down the mountainside.<\/p>\n
On Monday the city started mobilising garbage vehicles and water sprinklers to clean up.<\/p>\n
No injuries or damage have been reported.<\/p>\n
Business largely returned to normal in Kagoshima, a city of 600,000 people living only 10km from the volcano, whose eruptions are part of their daily life.<\/p>\n
Japan Meteorological Agency says there are no signs of a larger eruption at Sakurajima but similar activity may continue.<\/p>\n
Japan is on the Pacific Ring of Fire and has frequent seismic activity.<\/p>\n
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