Mt. Asama eruption Meteorological Agency staff enters the field.

On the night of the 7th, a small eruption occurred at Mt. Asama on the prefectural border between Nagano and Gunma.

The staff of the Meteorological Agency Volcano Movement Observation Team arrived at the Meteorological Agency Asamayama Volcano Disaster Prevention Liaison Office in Karuizawa, Nagano, at the foot of Mt.

According to the Asamayama Volcano Disaster Prevention Liaison Office, staff members drove around the Gunma Prefecture, where the volcanic ash had been confirmed, to check the range of ash and to check the composition of the ash. It means collecting.

Man evacuated from campsite "I could not sleep much"

As a result of the eruption of Mt. Asama, a public hall in Naganohara-cho, Gunma Prefecture, where eight groups and 23 people were evacuated from a campsite in a restricted area approximately 4 km from the crater, drove overnight from the eruption and washed a car contaminated with volcanic ash. The figure of the person was seen.

A 47-year-old man from Machida, Tokyo, said, “It took a long time to evacuate during the tent removal work, and I couldn't sleep very much. The volcanic ash was washed early because of the damage to the car. I will move to another place afterwards, "he said with a tired expression.

Climbing man "Nature is the other person"

In the morning, a 77-year-old man from Saitama Prefecture who climbed Mt. Asama outside the restricted area said, “I thought I was able to go close to a certain extent, but I was disappointed that I could only go to the front. I'm afraid that the eruption happened in the daytime, but I think there are some parts where nature is the other party. "

Men of junior high school baseball club

A 43-year-old man who stayed at a mountain villa in Komoro City, Nagano Prefecture, near the starting point of Mt. Asama under the camp of a baseball club at a junior high school in Tokyo, said, `` When a broadcast that Mt. Asama erupted was played, They seemed a little panicked, but there was an explanation from the man of the mountain villa, and after that, I was able to spend it with peace of mind. "