Aso

The Aso caldera is the world's largest crater. The old volcano is extinct since long, and in the bottom of the crater there is a fertile plain, the home for around 75 000 people. In the middle of the crater is Aso-san, a mountain with a number of peaks and one volcano that still is active, and which is a popular tourist destination. Most of the crater area is a national park. There is also place with a railway station known as Aso town, although it's difficult to really call it a town. On my way from the railway station to my hotel I walked past a barn with cows outside and the distinct flavour of fertiliser.

Aso is on north part of Kyushu, and it took a couple of hours to get there from Hiroshima; I had to change trains thrice. I arrived mid-afternoon, and I spent the day investigating how to do a walk around the volcano that was outlined in the guidebook, and then I went out looking at the village. The next day I caught a bus up to the volcano and did the aforementioned walk. Most of the pictures are from that walk.

1. From the Hotel Room I	2. From the Hotel Room II	3. Cuddly Dominion	4. Nice view
5. The Aso Plain	6. Puff of Smoke	7. Village Road	8. The Rice Bowl
9. Pool	10. Wind Turbines	11. View over the Valley	12. Mountain Look
13. Ropeway	14. The Volcano	15. Poisonous Gases	16. The Volcano II
17. The Volcano III	18. Volcano Walk I	19. Summer and Winter	20. Ash Field
21. The Yellow Arrow	22. Yellow Rock Formation	23. Up!	24. View over the Ash Field
25. Red Rock	26. Look Down	27. More Panorama	28. Down in the Valley
29. Coloured Rocks	30. Red Soil	31. Another Mountain	32. More Coloured Mountains
33. Temple	34. The Other Platform	35. The Other Side	36. Volcanic Minerals
37. A Fuming Hole	38. Small Peak	39. Not a Full Circle	40. Temple

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