Japan 2006 Mount Aso

Neysa and I then spent a day hiking up and along the top of Mount Aso, a volcano in the middle of Kyushu, Japan's main southern island.

Neysa in front of the steaming volcano. The first peak we climbed. Me at the top of the peak. View from the peak toward the volcano. Neysa at the edge of the peak. A sign to nowhere. Neysa as we climb toward the caldera. A view of the caldera. Neysa in front of the crater. A view down. The steaming caldera. A closeup view. Standing on the plain of volcanic ash. A view without me. A view down from the top. A view down toward the volcanic ash as we climb upward. A shot of us as we look down to where we started. A lot of strange colors revealed by the eruption. A path along the ridge we walked. A view towards the valley. Strange volcanic rock formation. More strange colors. Sulfur? The path we climbed? We climbed high above the caldera. Pink and purple rocks. More strange colors. Disturbing rock. Volcanic rock formation. View of the caldera from above. The path we walked. A view of the ridge and the steam. Another view of the caldera. Another one. Neysa enjoying the walk. Caldera and pink and orange rocks. Caldera from the highest point of our climb, 1600m. Neysa and the English bloke we met and hiked with. A view of the highest peak. View of the same as we climbed down. Purple lava flows. A view of the ridge we were on. We were up there.