It was the second time the 8 . 5-kilometer ( 5-mile ) highway has been closed since Sept . 1, when Mount Asama had its biggest eruption in 21 years, Yasuno said.
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One of Japan's largest and most active volcanoes, Mount Asama belched columns of smoke over 300 meters ( 1, 000 feet ) high in two small eruptions hours apart, the Meteorological Agency said.
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And while an eruption of Mount Asama as big as the one mountain guide Kakegawa witnessed in 1972 is very unlikely, the signs of nature's subterranean powers will be pretty hard to miss.
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Mount Asama is about 10 kilometers ( six miles ) from the popular mountain resort town of Karuizawa, and about 48 kilometers ( 30 miles ) southeast of Nagano, site of the 1998 Winter Olympics.
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One of Japan's largest and most active volcanoes, Mount Asama belched columns of smoke over 300 meters ( 1, 000 feet ) high in two small eruptions hours apart early Wednesday, the Meteorological Agency said.
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Hoshino Resorts'original property is located in an area of Nagano Prefecture, under Mount Asama, first deemed fit as a resort and villa spot in the late 19th century by foreign missionaries like British / Canadian theologian Olympic events.
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On Thursday, Mount Asama, located about 150 kilometers ( 90 miles ) west of Tokyo, erupted for the first time since July 1990, shooting small amounts of gray colored smoke and ash into the air, the meteorological agency said.
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Mount Iwaki erupted on April 13, 1783 ( March 12, Tenmei 3 in the Lunisolar calendar ), and Mount Asama on July 6 ( August 3 in the Lunisolar calendar ), so volcanic ash was sent down around Japan.
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Multi-GAS instruments have been used to measure volcanic gas plumes at Mount Etna, Stromboli, Vulcano Italy, Villarrica ( volcano ) Chile, Masaya Volcano Nicaragua, Mount Yasur and Ambrym Vanuatu, Miyake-jima and Mount Asama Japan, Soufri�re Hills Montserrat, with permanent installations at Etna and Stromboli.
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Mount Asama, one of Japan's largest and most active volcanoes, erupted in central Japan on Tuesday for the second time in two weeks, sending smoke about 300 meters ( 990 feet ) into the sky and spewing ash over nearby towns, the Meteorological Agency said.
