日本の火山 Volcano in Japan

ニュージーランドの火山[かざん] (kazan is volcano)と言[]えばルアペフ山[さん]ですよね。日本[にほん]にも火山[かざん]があるのを知[]っていますか。

When it comes to volcano in New Zealand, we definitely immediately think of Mt Ruapehu. Did you know Japan had volcanoes too?

日本[にほん]には実[じつ]はとてもたくさん火山[かざん]があります。その中[なか]で一番[いちばん]有名[ゆうめい]なのが多分[たぶん]、鹿児島[かごしま][けん]にある桜島[さくらじま]。この火山[かざん]、先週[せんしゅう]の土曜日[どようび]にも噴火[ふんか]した(funka suru means to erupt) そうです。このサイトでその写真[しゃしん]が見[]られます。 

[いま]地震[じしん]や津波[つなみ]など、世界中[せかいじゅう]で天災[てんさい]  (tensai is natural calamity) が起[]きていますね。
 
As a matter of fact, there are a lot of volcanoes in Japan. One of the most famous ones, I think, is Sakurajima located in Kagoshima prefecture. Sakurajima erupted last Saturday. If you are interested, you can see the photos on this site.
 
There are a lot of natural calamities such as earthquake and tsunami occurred these days all over the world…

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