If you’ve already tackled Japan’s major hubs such as Tokyo’s Akihabara, Kyoto’s temples, Osaka’s food scene, you’re probably ...

ASO, Kumamoto -- The explosive eruption of Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture in the early hours of Oct. 9, coming less than six months after the deadly Kumamoto Earthquake, has dealt yet another ...

A video grab from the Japan Meteorological Agency's live camera image shows an eruption of Mount Aso in Aso, Kumamoto prefecture, southwestern Japan, September 14, 2015. REUTERS/Japan ...

Ash falls from the 1,592-meter (5,222-foot) mountain in the prefecture of Kumamoto are expected to shower nearby towns until late afternoon, the weather agency added. Mount Aso had a small ...

Each spring, residents of the towns surrounding Kumamoto Prefecture's Mount Aso gather to hold the Aso Fire Festival. Several events will be held as part of these festivities during March.

Mount Aso has one of the largest calderas in the world, formed through four huge eruptions that occurred between 90,000 to 270,000 years ago. A very small volcanic eruption occurred on Mount Aso ...

Mount Aso, located in Kumamoto Prefecture on Kyushu Island, about 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) southwest of Tokyo, has five peaks, a maximum height of 1,592 meters (5,223 feet) and a crater around ...

Smoke spews from the eruptive crater of Mount Aso as police officers and firefighters conduct an evacuation operation in Aso, Kumamoto prefecture, southwestern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo ...

Ash falls from the 1,592-meter (5,222-foot) mountain in the prefecture of Kumamoto are expected to shower nearby towns until late afternoon, the weather agency added. Mount Aso had a small ...