Aogashima is a small, tropical volcanic island in the Philippine Sea,
under the administration of Tokyo despite being located some 358
kilometers away from the country’s capital. It is the southernmost and
the most isolated inhabited island of the Izu archipelago. The island
itself is a giant volcanic crater, and within that crater there’s
another, smaller volcano. Aogashima is still considered an active
Class-C volcano though it last erupted in the 1780′s. When last erupted
it killed nearly half of the island’s population and forced the
remaining inhabitants to flee. It took just fifty years for the people
to return. Today, some 200 brave villagers live on the island.
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