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Extract from the Shimabara Travel Guides: The port town of
SHIMABARA
has had a chequered history. Following the ructions of the
Shimabara Rebellion
, it was decimated when Unzen-dake erupted in 1792, sending rock and hot ash tumbling into Shimabara Bay. An estimated 15,000 people died in the disaster, mostly from huge tidal waves that swept the Ariake Sea. The volcano then lay dormant until Fugen-dake burst into life again in 1990 and cut a swathe through the town's southern reaches; they're still busily restoring the roads and rice terraces, while photos of the eruption appear all over Shimabar...
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