Regarding Sakurajima in Kagoshima Prefecture, the Japan Meteorological Agency lowered the eruption alert level to "3" "mountain entry restrictions" on the night of the 27th.
Kagoshima City lifted the evacuation order issued to some areas of Sakurajima, and the evacuees returned to their homes.
At the summit crater of Mt. Minamidake in Sakurajima, an explosive eruption occurred on the 24th of this month and a large volcanic bomb flew to about 2.5 km from the crater. I pulled it up to.
However, at 8:00 pm on the 27th, it was lowered to level 3 "mountain entry restrictions", saying that "the possibility of a large volcanic bomb flying over 2 km from the crater has decreased".
Along with this, Kagoshima City lifted the evacuation order issued to some areas of Sakurajima, and those who had evacuated to the evacuation center returned home by their own car or the bus prepared by the city.
Of these, Toshiko Uemura (79) had just finished eating her dinner with her husband Michio (82) when the eruption alert level was raised to 5 on the 24th of this month, and at her home table. The cups and plates were left on the top.
Upon arriving at her house, Toshiko was holding her cat, which appeared from her front door, with a smile.
And she was cleaning up and drinking beer together to heal the tiredness of the evacuation life.
She said Toshiko said, "I was relieved. After all, the evacuation life was difficult."
Eruptive activity is still ongoing in Sakurajima.
For this reason, the Japan Meteorological Agency is calling for caution against large volcanic bombs and pyroclastic flows within a range of approximately 2 km from the Minamidake summit crater and Showa crater.