Sakurajima Volcanic Eruptions and ASH
My novel Ash (Stone Bridge Press) is partly set in the Japanese city of Kagoshima which lies opposite the very active volcano Sakurajima.
This August, Sakurajima experienced a huge eruption, the largest in decades. The conditions shown in this BBC video give a sense of what it's like when Sakurajima drops ash on the city.
Here is the opening of an article recently featured in the newspaper Nihon Minami-Shimbun. The article was written by Yokohama City University professor and Kagoshima native Toru Iwasaki and features Ash, Orchards and the anthology Tomo.
And, as a result of my participation in the Hong Kong International Writers Workshop and the related visit to China in October and November 2012, the prologue and first chapter of Ash were translated into Mandarin Chinese and appeared in the monthly 作家Writer Magazine in the May 2013 issue (pp. 24-28).
They even included an illustration of Sakurajima spewing ash.
As of this posting, close to 600 Sakurajima eruptions have occurred in 2013 (here is the NHK log of Sakurajima activity). More Sakurajima eruptions are predicted this year, so if you haven't read Ash yet (for New Adults and Adults), now might be a good time!
This August, Sakurajima experienced a huge eruption, the largest in decades. The conditions shown in this BBC video give a sense of what it's like when Sakurajima drops ash on the city.
Here is the opening of an article recently featured in the newspaper Nihon Minami-Shimbun. The article was written by Yokohama City University professor and Kagoshima native Toru Iwasaki and features Ash, Orchards and the anthology Tomo.
And, as a result of my participation in the Hong Kong International Writers Workshop and the related visit to China in October and November 2012, the prologue and first chapter of Ash were translated into Mandarin Chinese and appeared in the monthly 作家Writer Magazine in the May 2013 issue (pp. 24-28).
They even included an illustration of Sakurajima spewing ash.
As of this posting, close to 600 Sakurajima eruptions have occurred in 2013 (here is the NHK log of Sakurajima activity). More Sakurajima eruptions are predicted this year, so if you haven't read Ash yet (for New Adults and Adults), now might be a good time!
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