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UNZEN

Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Destination Restaurants
Jun 11, 2023
Villa del Nido: Local produce, Italian technique, volcanic backdrop
Tucked away among the smallholdings of a rural community in Unzen City, it seems an unlikely setting for Villa del Nido’s sophisticated, Italian-accented, farm-to-table cuisine.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2021
Japan's Shimabara city marks 30th anniversary of volcanic disaster
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the ceremony was scaled down from the previous major memorial held five years ago, with the number of participants slashed by two thirds.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2020
Shimabara marks 29 years since deadly volcanic disaster
The city and fire department set up a flower stand in a park housing a memorial for the disaster.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2019
City of Shimabara marks 28 years since Fugen Peak eruption — the Heisei Era's first large-scale natural disaster
The city of Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, commemorated Monday the 43 victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mount Unzen's Fugen Peak, 28 years after the disaster.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Oct 3, 2017
Regional Japan adds stargazing as new element to woo visitors
Local governments are trying to attract tourists by promoting clear starry skies.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jun 4, 2016
Aviator dazzles Emperor; Poets inaugurate new national association; Beatles face press; Mount Unzen erupts
100 YEARS AGOWednesday, June 7, 1916
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2016
Shimabara city marks 25 years since Fugen Peak disaster
The city of Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, commemorated Friday the 43 victims of a huge pyroclastic flow that 25 years ago spewed from Mount Unzen's Fugen Peak.

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