Mt. Yufu Yufuin Hot Spring Located at the Foot of Mt
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"Beppu"Beppu Hattou"Hattou" andand "Jigoku""Jigoku" tourtour (Beppu and Yufuin Areas) Yufuin (Beppu and ( (Beppu and Yufuin Areas) Yufuin (Beppu and Mt. Tsurumi Mt. Garan With the blessing from volcanoes, B hot springs in Beppu produce as e much as 130,000kl of hot water p MMt.t. TTsurumisurumi Mt. Tsurumi is an active per day, the largest volume in volcano whose last Japan. This enormous hot water p eruption was about 1200 has created a hot spring resort u Chinoike Jigoku Umi Jigoku called "Beppu Hattou" (eight years ago. Fumarole gas (Blood Pond Hell) (Sea Hell) a Mt. Tsurumi is still ejecting at Akaike major hot springs of Beppu) and on the north side of the unique geothermal pits called n "Jigoku" (hell). ŢMt. Garan d mountaintop. But, the ŢMt. Tsurumi mountaintop itself is safe Y without the influence of Horita Hot Spring Oita Expressway u volcanic activities and āOita No. 500 f visitors can go there easily ă u Kankaiji Beppu by ropeway service. Interchange i Hot Spring Kannawa n Hot Spring "Jigoku" area Hamawaki A MMt.t. GGaranaran Mt. Garan is a lateral volcano located on the Hot Spring r north side of Mt. Tsurum e This volcano is thought t Higashi Beppu Sta. a have erupted in 867 A.D Beppu Sta. Beppu Bay s from historical records Hot Spring ) and volcanic survey. Mt. Garan Active ejection of fumarole gas and activities of a mud volcano are still View from Mt. Kiyozuka in Hiji Town continuing. SteamSteam spewingspewing inin BeppuBeppu CityCity MMudud vvolcanoolcano aatt MMt.t. GGaranaran Mt. Yufu, Mt. Tsurumi, and Mt. Garan are "active volcanoes" designated by Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). (According to the JMA definition, Mt. Tsurumi and Mt. Garan are collectively called "Mt. Tsurumi, Mt. Garan".) The Oita Prefectural Government and local municipalities are promoting disaster prevention measures against volcanic activities so that people can safely enjoy this blessing of the volcanoes. For more information on hazard maps, please contact the following section. For inquiries: Sabo Division, Civil Engineering and Construction Department, Oita Prefectural Government Tel: 097-537-2213 (direct) SSaboabo DDivision,ivision, CCivilivil EEngineeringngineering aandnd ConstructionConstruction Department,Department, OitaOita PrefecturalPrefectural GovernmentGovernment Published in May, 2006 ਃਃᎹᎹ This map shows the areas where volcanic bombs (cinders of fist size) may reach in case an eruption is caused at Mt. Yufu, Mt. Tsurumi, or Mt. Garan. When LocalLocal mapmap the eruption continues for a long duration, it is likely that volcanic ash will accumulate to the thickness of 10 cm or more over the entire area of this map. (Mt. Iou) Prone area of mudflow hazard AreaArea wherewhere a hothot mudflowmudflow fromfrom Mt. 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GGaranaran HHotot SSpringpring BBeppueppu JJigokuigoku AArearea 㽴LLakeake SShidakahidaka 㪈㪈㪇㪋㪌㫄㪇㪋㪌㫄 Beppu iv. ųųųų R Ţ do KKannawaannawa Daigaku na MMudud vvolcanoolcano Locations of volcanoes g HHinadoi Riv. HHotot SSpringpring SSta.ta. TTsukaharasukahara HHotot SSpringpring (Three locations) HHarukiaruki RRiv.iv. 㽵MMt.t. TTakasakiakasaki WWildild MonkeyMonkey PParkark a g Are Ţ arkingarkin Area BBeppueppu IInternationalnternational ake P YYufudakeufud P KKankoanko PPortort Yufu-Tsurumi Ec Oita Expressway Range where 䃂BBeppueppu InterchangeInterchange volcanic bombs ho Line Roadw AAkaikekaike ffumaroleumarole may reach in case SSakaiakai RRiv.iv. 㽶TTsujibasyasujibasya CCabab of an eruption MMt.t. TTsurumisurumi 㪈㪈㪊㪎㪌㫄㪊㪎㪌㫄 䂥 BB-Con-Con PPlazalaza ay (The range of MMt.t. YYufuufu 㪈㪈㪌㪏㪊㫄㪌㪏㪊㫄 HHoritaorita SSuginoiuginoi PPalacealace 䊎 䉮䊮䊒䉮䊮䊮䊮䊒䊤䊒 䉱 Mt. Garan is smaller 䂥 HHotot SSpringpring BBeppueppu PParkark than that of the ((Mt.Mt. BBungofuji)ungofuji) other two.) YYufuinufuin HHerberb WWorldorld KKankaijiankaiji BBeppueppu SSta.ta. HHotot SSpringpring 㽷TTakegawaraakegawara HHotot SSpringpring KKyushuyushu YYufuinufuin 㽳KKintetsuintetsu FFolkolk AArtrt MMuseumuseum BBeppueppu RRopewayopeway BBeppueppu 㽷TTakegawaraakegawara HHotot SSpringpring BBeppueppu WWonderonder HHotot SSpringpring ((PartPart ooff BBeppueppu HHotot SSpring)pring) LLakeake KKinrininrin RRakutenchiakutenchi HHamawakiamawaki AAsamisami RRiv.iv. ((amusementamusement ppark)ark) HHotot SSpringpring MMarinearine PPalacealace 㽴LLakeake SShidakahidaka KKijimaijima AAmusementmusement PParkark HHigashi-igashi- ((alias:alias: UUmitamago)mitamago) BBeppueppu SSta.ta. YYufuinufuin YYufuinufuin HHealthealth HHotot SSpringpring IInterchangenterchange 㽵MMt.t. TTakasakiakasaki 䃂 TTsujibasyasujibasya CCabab LLakeake KKagurameagurame WWildild MMonkeyonkey PParkark 㽶 O it a Exp ressw ay OOitaita RRiv.iv. note n ImportantI m o Ԙ Mt. Yufu has not erupted for more than 2000 years, and Mt. Tsurumi and Mt. Garan for more than 1200 years. N p t e o ų This map was prepared to provide for a volcanic eruption from quiescence. r ✢ t WE a A large-scale eruption does not start abruptly. So, there is enough evacuation time before the start of an eruption. ᧄ ԙ n ᄢ ᄢ MO ਭ ਭ Considering from past records, it is highly unlikely that Mt. Yufu, Mt. Tsurumi, and Mt. Garan will erupt simultaneously. t Ԛ 4 4 S , , 䈖䈱࿑䈲䇮࿖ℂ㒮㐳䈱ᛚ䉕ᓧ䈩䇮ห㒮⊒ⴕ䈱㪌ਁಽ䈱㪈ᒻ࿑䈶㪉ਁ㪌ජಽ䈱㪈ᒻ࿑䉕ⶄ䈚䈢䉅䈱䈪䈅䉎䇯䋨ᛚ⇟ภ㩷ᐔ㪈㪎✚ⶄ䇮╙䋱䋰䋳䋵ภ䋩䇭.