Located in southern Kyushu, Japan's Shinmoedake small-scale volcanic eruption on the 11th, which is the volcano erupted again after a lapse of six years. Coincided with the fall tourism season, some people worry, the local tourism industry may repeat the dismal scene six years ago.

Shinmoedake volcanic eruptions 5:34 in the morning, I went plume about 300 meters height. Police said three nearby cities and Miyazaki Prefecture Takaharu falling ash, there were no casualties reported.

In Takaharu some people Chengzhaoyusan walking on the road to escape the volcanic ash fell from the sky. Local tourism officials today to Xiji (transliteration) can not help but recall the scene when the Shinmoedake volcano eruption September 7, 2011, and concerned about the current situation.

Imanishi told Japan's Kyodo News reporter: "Six years ago, (tourists) have canceled orders for lodging, hit the local tourism industry and I hope (the volcano) will not affect this year's autumn travel season.."

The Japan Meteorological Agency on the 11th raised the alert level of the volcano, from the second stage of "banned from entering Zhou Bian volcanic" raised to the third stage of the "prohibition into the mountains," and warned that may be encountered stone splashing within 2 km of the crater Zhou Bian pyroclastic flows and block attacks.

Pyroclastic flow is a mixture of gas and debris, high-temperature, high-speed and other features, extremely destructive, can break and burn any life and property on its flow path, and is seen as a major killer of volcanic one.

This is Shinmoedake volcano since October 2013 for the first time reached the third level of the alert level. 5th of this month, authorities in Shinmoedake volcano monitoring to 90 times volcanic earthquakes, the Meteorological Agency alert level from the first stage of the "pay attention volcano" raised on the second level.

Meteorological Agency 11 that Shinmoedake volcano still remain active, and the recent eruption may also occur on a larger scale. Near Kagoshima, Miyazaki counties observatory has sent staff to the scene to confirm the details.

Meteorological Agency warned that once the eruption, the windows of nearby buildings were shattered possible, down-wind region may encounter volcanic ash and flying stones attacked.

Shinmoedake volcano belongs to an active volcano, Mount Kirishima in the middle of Miyazaki and Kagoshima at the junction. Meteorological Agency released data show that enter since October, Shinmoedake volcano began to enter the active state, the occurrence of up to hundreds of volcanic earthquakes during the day.

September 27, 2014, Japan's famous tourist attractions, is located in the territory of Nagano and Gifu sudden eruption of the volcano Mount Mitake, more than 60 people were killed in Japan nearly 90 years, the most serious of a volcanic eruption. (Yang Shuyi) (special feature articles Xinhua News Agency) Yang Shuyi