Disaster, Preserved: Inside Japan’s Living Volcanic Ruins at Mount Usu

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On a cold winter day in Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan’s four main islands, a small group of us followed a narrow, snow-covered trail at the base of Mount Usu. Single file and moving on clunky snowshoes, we crossed a landscape that felt both raw and humbling. Beneath the snow was one of Japan’s most […]

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