This is a few days old now. I’ve been in holiday mode so I wasn’t paying attention to the news at the time but yesterday I saw a TV report about volcanic ash covering crops and cars in Takamori. A resident interviewed on the show said it had been a few years since they had experienced a dusting of ash like this. Here’s hoping that this is the peak of the activity and the volcano goes back to sleep soon.
– Kirk
P.S. Kusasenri, the plateau near the volcano, is still open – or, at least, was still open at the time of the TV report I saw. Kusasenri is outside the 1 km range mentioned in the article.
