Japan Rail Trip #8: Sakura-jima volcanic island in Kagoshima 桜島
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We woke up in Kumamoto in surprisingly good condition after the nomihoudai. It looked like the ukon had worked again :-)
We paid the price of rushing to catch the tram, and jumped on the wrong one which took us to a different location, not the train station.
This lost us about 45 mins, precious time which would cut into our day in Kagoshima.
Fortunately which managed to make it up and lose only a few minutes by catching the next Shinkansen from Kumamoto to Kagoshima.
We must have still been 1/2 asleep because we forgot to put our suitcases in the train station luggage, after back tracking to the station and putting our 100 Yen coins in the locker the machine got jammed and would not accept any more coins. June went to the station office and waited in line in a huge queue. Luckily enough one of the station guards spotted Nige looking suspicious and fixed the locker.
We caught the tram to make our way to Sakura-jima volcano island. There's a great view when you watch it from the ferry. Luckily it was very nice weather. It is only a short journey to Sakura-jima and the ferries run 24hrs a day.
Unfortunately there was not enough time so we could not go around the volcano which would have required a full day, but we walked around the port. We pencilled in to return so we would be able to give the island the time it deserved. Volcanic ashes were found on the footpath in the city to highlight how active the volcano is.
Kagoshima is famous for its black pork so we looked for a restaurant in an area famous for black pork (kurobuto). Unfortunately this area had been relocated due to the construction of the Shinkansen train line. Since we were running out of time we decided to eat at the train station.
Once at the train station the popular black pork restaurants were full with long queues, so we went on the search for one nearby.
We managed to find a black pork restaurant down one of the side streets.
Time was starting to run out before our Shinkansen left for Kumamoto and unfortunately the staff were taking an age to prepare the meal. The lunch was finally delivered 20 mins before the train departed, so the meal was devoured at a great rush.
We then started running in an attempt to catch their train. Subscribe to see if they made it in time.
桜島に行ってきました。天気が良くて眺めがとても良かったです。残念ながら時間があまりなく、港の周りを散策したのみでした。またゆっくり時間を取って戻ってきたいです。市内の歩道の上などには、黒い火山灰が積もっていました。
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Fukushima News 8/11/15: More Radioactive Dumps Into Pacific; Sendai NPP Reaches Criticality
US Gov’t Expert: Fukushima is always on people’s minds… a lot of concern and worry about radiation’s role in unusual marine deaths — Reports of shrunken or enlarged organs, black kidneys, sores on liver, slime in mouth, discolored skin — Mortality in intertidal zone like “we haven’t seen before” (VIDEO)
Fukushima fishermen to allow discharge into sea
Nuclear & Energy Aug. 11, 2015 - Updated 01:16 UTC-4
Fukushima's fisheries federation is planning to conditionally allow decontaminated underground water from the crippled nuclear power plant to be discharged into the sea.
In exchange, it has asked the government and the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to take measures to prevent negative harmful rumors.
The Fukushima Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Co-operative Associations reached this decision on Tuesday after a conditional agreement by a fishermen's group in Iwaki City.
The group handed a written request to officials from the central government and TEPCO.
It is asking that strict operational standards be observed for the discharge and that the process be subject to monitoring by a third party. It also asks that compensation be paid for harmful rumors.
Tokyo Electric Power Company is planning to pump up contaminated ground water from wells near the reactor buildings, decontaminate the water, and then release it into the ocean.
This measure will be taken to deal with the 300 tons of contaminated water that is being produced at the facility every day.
But TEPCO's plan has been suspended. In February, local distrust of the operator mounted after it was found to have failed to disclose leaks of contaminated rainwater into the ocean.
The federation's chairman Tetsu Nozaki said it was a very troubling decision, but measures to deal with the contaminated water are necessary. He said they will make a final decision after receiving a response.
TEPCO's Tsunemasa Niitsuma said they appreciate the understanding of the plan, and will try to respond quickly.
Reactor at Sendai plant reaches criticality
Nuclear & Energy Aug. 11, 2015 - Updated 11:07 UTC-4
A nuclear reactor has been restarted in Japan for the first time in nearly 2 years.
The No.1 reactor at the Sendai nuclear plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is the first to go back online under the new regulations introduced after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident.
On Tuesday morning, workers in the plant's central control room operated a lever to pull out the reactor's 32 control rods.
The plant's operator, Kyushu Electric Power Company, says the reactor achieved a sustained nuclear chain reaction later on Tuesday and there's been no trouble so far.
If all goes well, the reactor is due to begin generating power on Friday. After gradually raising its output, Kyushu Electric plans to begin commercial operations in early September.
The utility says it will watch carefully for any abnormalities in the operation of the equipment, as the reactor has been kept offline for more than 4 years.
Last year, the 2 reactors at the Sendai plant cleared the new, rigorous regulations introduced after the 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The necessary inspections were completed on Monday.
The reactor is the first to go online since September 2013, when the Ohi nuclear plant in central Japan halted operations.
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This movie introduces JAXA's activities between April and June 2011 with English subtitles.
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Nipponews #1 - Nitama, why you shouldn't cheat, RE2 and Mt. Sakurajima
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