> Ummm ... yeah.  Was that something in the Japan Fact Sheet that I missed? 
> The two islands I mentioned are part of Izu-shoto and shoto means island 
> chain or island group.  The Izu-shoto are all volcanoes that are sticking 
> up above the water and there are a couple of more that don't stick up 
> above the water but make a fish nabe like a kilometer across when they 
> erupt. Lots of dead cooked fish floating on the water then.  Maybe you'd 
> have to be there ...
>
> CL

WOW
that's interesting. Yes, I really want to visit there and take photos 
myself..
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