Showa crater

Showa crater is a feature on Sakurajima mountain volcano, in southern Japan.

On 18 August 2013, the volcano erupted from Showa crater and produced its highest recorded plume of ash since 2006, rising 5,000 metres (16,000 ft) high and causing darkness and significant ash falls on the central part of Kagoshima city.

[2] Showa crater is located on the eastern flank of Minami-dake (Southern Peak) of Sakurajima volcano.

[2] Showa crater appeared in 1939 after one month of eruptions that year, at an elevation of 800 feet.

[2] There was a large lava flow out of Showa crater in 1946, which destroyed the village of Kurokami.