[{SlideShowNav}] !!!Sakurajima [{Image src='110ja.jpg' width='720' height='480' caption='Image courtesy of NASA. ' popup='false' alt='Sakurajima ' class='image_left'}] [{SET customtitle='Sakurajima '}] \\ This photograph, taken from the International Space Station, highlights one of Japans most active volcanoes. Sakurajima [{GoogleMap location='Mt. Sakurajima, Kagoshima, Präfektur Kagoshima, Japan' zoom='12'}] began forming approximately 13,000 years ago; prior to 1914, it was an island in Kagoshima Bay. Sakurajima became linked to the mainland by the deposition of volcanic material following a major eruption in 1914.