Miyake-jima

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Image of Gas Mask Tourism on the Izu Islands located in Miyake-jima, Japan | Masked residents. (Creative Commons)
Miyake-jima, Japan

Gas Mask Tourism on the Izu Islands

Sulphuric gases on a beautiful Japanese island

The brave souls inhabiting Miyakejima, one of Japan's Izu Islands, an archipelago just south of Tokyo, have a unique problem. Here, the land rests atop an active volcanic chain that has erupted... »

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