Taking the ferry to the island Sakurajima across from Yagoshima where the volcano mountain is still active and alive. Volcanic ash is raining down to the neighbouring cities. Even the tables and chairs on the ferry are lightly covered with the ash. They had closed to 50 eruptions last year and had 17 this year, so far.
We took the tour bus where they drop you off in designated spots along the route. True to the precision in Japan, when they said you only have 5 minutes to take picture, the bus would leave precisely on time, even if you were running down the stairs to chase the bus, it would not stop and keep on going to keep up with the schedule. Richard was very impressed with the bus driver's precision.
Many of the destination spots on the island were out of date and if they want to tout it as a tourists' designation, much improvement would be needed. On the other hand, they provided a beautiful spot for foot bath so that tourists can soak their tiring feet. The temperature can be scalding hot, especially close to the spout where the spring water is piping to the foot bath channel but gradually got colder with each increasing distance from the pipe. Because of the active volcano, hot spring is ubiquitous around the island. They even allow you to dig a personal spot at the beach to soak your feet (with a fee, of course).
Finally, we tried the famous cold noodles - really good. Worth trying it again.
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