101-meter-long "Natural Footbath"

Outside Sakurajima Port is the Sakurajima sightseeing bus stop, but the bus service is limited. The first stop is the Sakurajima Visitor Center. Piaoer walked directly from the port. It took about 10 minutes. There were no sights or shops to visit on the way = = But you can enjoy the view of Sakurajima volcano while walking, look! From time to time, there is a small-scale volcanic eruption, and smoke is coming out of the crater! Being in the volcanic town, the air around you is filled with the strong smell of volcanic ash. Finally we arrived at the Sakurajima Visitor Center! This visitor center itself is a mini volcano museum. The video in the audio-visual room introduces the formation of the offshore volcanic island 26,000 years ago, the two stratovolcanoes of Kita-dake and Minami-dake on Sakurajima, and the four large-scale volcanic eruptions from the Civilization period to the Showa period that formed the current Sakurajima volcano. Lava Field Trail After visiting the Visitor Center, there is still some time before the next Sakurajima sightseeing bus arrives at the Visitor Center. You can use this time to walk to the Kirishima-Kinkowan National Park outside the Visitor Center. The 3-kilometer-long "Lava Field Trail" is one of the "100 Best Walking Tours in Japan". You can walk all the way to the "Urasashima Observatory" to overlook the Sakurajima volcano. However, Piaoer only walked to the natural foot bath and then returned to the tourist center to catch the bus. Along the "Sakurajima Lava Nagisa Trail", you can see many lava rocks formed by volcanic eruptions. In recent years, I have walked through Mount Eden, a dead volcano with a huge crater in New Zealand, and Gunung Batur in Bali, which erupted just a few months ago. However, this is the first time I have stepped directly on active volcanic mud and smelled the strong smell of volcanic ash on my nose! Natural Foot Bath Walk along the trail to the 101-meter-long "Natural Foot Bath", where you can soak your feet, but I didn't feel anything because the spring water is salty and can heal wounds... I wasn't injured~ Instead, it was especially healing to sit and admire the beautiful scenery of the volcano.