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Sakura-Jima

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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A Japanese island, oval in shape and measuring 7 m.by 5 m., lying in the northern part of the Bay of Kagoshima (31° 40' N., 130 35' E.). It has a volcano 3743 ft. high (of which an eruption was recorded in 1779), and is celebrated for its hot springs, its oranges and its giant radishes ( daikon ), which sometimes weigh as much as 70 lb.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Sakura-Jima'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​s/sakura-jima.html. 1910.
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