Kirk here with a little news about Aso. KKT (local TV station) reported that visitors could observe a beautiful unkai (sea of clouds) in the Aso valley on the 20th:
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/ace0f208d4e08dedb5c2cab38e1d32102b618f2e
RKK also had some good shots of the unkai: https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/c4ae9580a542cc43d84fbdce09b3516e528d434e
In other Aso news, the warning level (噴火警戒レベル) around the Aso volcano has been downgraded from 2 to 1. I saw something on TV about some hiking trails openning up but one still can’t get up to the lip of the crater. There was significant damage from last year’s eruption and work needs to be completed before people can be allowed to view the crater up close. https://www.city.aso.kumamoto.jp/2022/04/27/【火口規制情報】阿蘇山の噴火警戒レベル1の発表/
This NHK news piece (video) shows the damage that was observed when specialists were first able to visit the site near the crater:
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/kumamoto/20220425/5000015444.html