Aso-valley is the beautiful place with active volcanoes located in Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu. When the volcanoes are asleep it is possible to rise at plateau and even farther by ropeway over a calderas to have a look Naka-dake Crater. It is one the most active crater from fifth volcanoes located in caldera. So Aso has one of the largest caldera in the world. If Naka-dake is behaving, the tourist can see Crater lake at its bottom. If Naka-dake strengths to emit toxic volcanic gas the ropeway does not operate. On these days the tourists remain to go in Aso Volcano Museum to learn about 300 000 years history of Aso-san…
Walking along Aso Mountain Climbing Road I admired of scenic views. Blooming rhododendrons were on one side of the road and smoking Naka-dake on the other one. I thought about very picturesque landscape of Japan. There are mountains and volcanoes, valleys and gorges, rivers and lakes, seas and ocean. Is it one of the reasons for the sense of beauty of Japanese, isn’t it?…
