# Sakurajima

- **Country:** Japan
- **Coordinates:** 31.580556, 130.658056
- **Type:** Somma-stratovolcano
- **Label:** Sakurajima
- **Location:** Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
- **Elevation M:** 1117
- **Last Eruption:** 8 May 2026

On 9 February 2023, an eruption occurred at the Showa crater on Sakurajima at 10:52 JST. The plumes had risen to at 11:10 JST, according to the Kagoshima Meteorological Office. On 14 February 2024, an eruption occurred at the southern peak's Minamidake crater on Sakurajima at 18:33 JST, emitting plumes of over in height and spewing rocks as far as away. Minamidake crater again erupted on 18 October 2024, with a plume above . Between 15 and 16 May 2025, multiple small eruptions with volcanic plumes up to high occurred disturbing local air travel. On 16 November 2025, Minamidake crater erupted at 00:57 JST with an eruption plume that reached high. On 11 April 2026, another eruption occurred at the Minamidake crater at 12:04 JST. The plume reached a height of with large volcanic rocks reaching the volcano's 7th station ejected. Alert level 3 remains in effect. On 8 May 2026, Minamidake crater erupted creating a high eruption column.

![Photo of Sakurajima](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Sakurajima55.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakura_Island (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)