Known as hana boro in Japanese, rime ice is a must-see phenomenon in Nagasaki Prefecture’s hot spring town of Unzen. Come February, the town sparkles with delicate ice crystals against a sea of ...

She was only a year old in 1991 when the massive volcanic eruption from Mount Unzen’s Fugendake peak killed her father, Makio, 31, a cameraman for Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK). She is his only ...

SHIMABARA, Nagasaki Prefecture--Locals gathered here on June 3 to commemorate the massive eruption of Mount Unzen’s Fugendake 30 years ago, which killed 43 people including firefighters and ...